Sentence examples of "tighten sail" in English
Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
Les petites affaires (entreprises) devront se serrer la ceinture pour survivre.
It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed.
Il fallait du courage pour traverser le Pacifique à la voile en solitaire.
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
J'aime voyager sur des mers interdites et accoster sur des rivages barbares.
The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim.
Ferdinand Magellan fut le premier homme à traverser à la voile tous les méridiens du monde, mais la seule raison qui le lui permit, c'est que Christophe Colomb avait choisi de le faire à la nage.
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