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Dictionary translations for "par petits bouts"

par petits bouts adverb

a bit at a time (locution adverbiale, apprendre, manger)

in dribs and drabs (locution adverbiale, payer, recevoir)

little by little (locution adverbiale, occuper, progresser)

Contexts with "par petits bouts"

Si les gens savaient par quels petits hommes ils sont gouvernés, ils se révolteraient vite. If the people knew by what small men they are ruled, they would soon rebel.

Mes pieds sont petits par rapport aux tiens. My feet are small compared to yours.

J'ai trouvé un jour dans une école un garçon de taille moyenne qui maltraitait un petit garçon. Je lui ai fait la leçon, mais il a répondu : "Les grands me frappent, alors je frappe les petits ; c'est juste." Par ces paroles, il a résumé toute l'histoire du genre humain. I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.

Il déchira sa lettre en petits morceaux et les jeta par la fenêtre. He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.

Beaucoup de couples en Amérique travaillent à deux pour joindre les deux bouts. Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.

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