Sentence examples of "gasp for breath" in English
After eight years of Bush the election of Obama was, for many, a breath of fresh air.
Après huit ans de Bush, l'élection d'Obama était, pour beaucoup, une bouffée d'air frais.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.
Les Grecs inventèrent la virgule, non pour leur littérature mais pour leurs acteurs, pour les avertir de prendre une longue inspiration en préparation d'une longue phrase à venir ; une virgule représente donc une pause.
By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
Au moment où il prendra sa retraite mon père aura travaillé presque trente ans.
My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use.
Mon attitude vis-à-vis des virgules est physiologique ; plus j'ai de souffle, moins j'ai besoin de virgules.
For years the picture passed as a genuine Rembrandt.
Pendant des années le tableau fut considéré comme un Rembrandt authentique.
Only in philosophy can you use a circular argument and get praised for it.
C'est seulement en philosophie qu'on peut utiliser un argument circulaire et en être félicité.
We encounter similar difficulties when we substitute rectangles for triangles in this configuration.
Nous rencontrons des difficultés similaires quand nous substituons des rectangles aux triangles dans cette configuration.
The students laughed under their breath when they saw that the teacher had put on his sweater backwards.
Les élèves rirent dans leur barbe en voyant que le professeur avait mis son pull à l'envers.
I visited the town for the first time in a long time.
J'ai visité la ville pour la première fois depuis longtemps.
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