Usage examples of "throwing action" in English with translation to French

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My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain. La lenteur de ma fille pour agir me fait mal.
I feel like throwing up. J'ai envie de vomir.
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action. Si toute votre vie vous vous abstenez du meurtre, du vol, de la fornication, du parjure, du blasphème et de l'outrecuidance envers vos parents, votre église et votre roi, on vous considérera conventionnellement comme digne d'admiration morale, même si vous n'avez jamais fait un seul geste gentil ou généreux.
My wife is throwing a baby shower for her best friend. Ma femme organise une célébration de naissance pour sa meilleure amie.
He is a man of action. C'est un homme d'action.
I feel sort of dizzy and I feel like throwing up. J'ai comme la tête qui tourne et j'ai la nausée.
Thomas is a man of action. Thomas est un homme d'action.
It's just throwing money away to have a yacht you rarely use. C'est jeter l'argent par les fenêtres que d'avoir un yacht dont on ne se sert que rarement.
Less words, more action. Moins de mots, davantage d'actions.
He's an expert at throwing knives. C'est un expert du lancer de couteaux.
I believe that his action was in the right. Je crois que son action était la bonne.
If you participate in a decathlon you'll be throwing a discus at some point. Si tu participes à un décathlon, tu lanceras un disque à un moment donné.
All we need now is action, not discussion. Tout ce dont nous avons besoin maintenant est l'action, pas la discussion.
Seeing the son of a whore throwing rocks at a crowd, he said: "Be careful, you could hit your father." Voyant le fils d'une catin jeter des pierres à la foule : "Fais attention, lui dit-il, tu pourrais blesser ton père."
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. À chaque action correspond une réaction égale et opposée.
His prompt action prevented an epidemic. Son action rapide a évité une épidémie.
He's trying to muscle in on my territory and get a piece of the action. Il tente de s'immiscer sur mon territoire et d'obtenir une part du gâteau.
Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy. Sans un instant d'hésitation, ils prirent des mesures draconiennes contre la conspiration.
One must act as a man of thought and think as a man of action. Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action.
The soldier was killed in action. Le soldat a été tué au combat.
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