Sentence examples of "en un mot" in French
Posez-lui des questions sur son travail, a-t-elle dit "Mon travail est trop compliqué pour le résumer en un mot".
Asked about her job, she said, "My job is too complicated to sum up in a word."
La valeur de l'action a baissé de moitié en un mois.
The price of the stock declined by half in a month.
Vous aurez beau étudier de toutes vos forces, vous n'arriverez pas à maîtriser l'anglais en un an ou deux.
No matter how hard you may study, you cannot master English in a year or two.
L'eau atteignit la poutre du pont en un instant.
The water came up to the bridge girder in a second.
S'étant efforcé de s'imposer la croyance en un système contre lequel la raison se rebelle, il la nomme déplaisamment raison humaine, comme si l'homme pouvait se donner raison à lui-même.
Having endeavoured to force upon himself the belief of a system against which reason revolts, he ungratefully calls it human reason, as if man could give reason to himself.
La guerre en Irak est un sujet explosif de débat politique ; un mot de travers et une dispute enflammée pourrait éclater.
The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
En un sens, la vie est cruelle. Elle garde en réserve des problèmes majeurs pour chacun d'entre nous.
In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
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