Usage examples of "être à pied d'œuvre" in French with translation to English

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On ne peut pas être à deux endroits en même temps. You can't be at two places at once.

On peut s'y rendre à pied. It's within walking distance.

Je dois être à la gare à trois heures. I must go to the station at three o'clock.

Je vais à l'école à pied. I go to school on foot.

Pour ce que j'en sais, il pourrait bien être à Paris en ce moment. For all I know, he could be in Paris right now.

Certains des étudiants sont venus en bus, et d'autre à pied. Some of the students went by bus, and others on foot.

Je voudrais être à Paris. I'd like to be in Paris.

D'où j'habite, on peut se rendre à pied à l'école. I live within walking distance of school.

Qu'est-ce donc là que cette logique : si ce n'est pas à toi, ça doit être à moi ? What kind of logic is this: if it is not yours, it must be mine?

Pourquoi n'y allez-vous pas à pied ? Why don't you leg it?

Il se dépêcha pour être à l'heure pour le train. He hurried so as to be in time for the train.

Combien de temps cela prend-il à pied d'ici à chez toi ? How long does it take from here to your house on foot?

Elle a fait clairement savoir qu'elle ne pourrait pas être à temps à la réunion. She made it clear that she couldn't make it in time for the meeting.

Je n'aurais pas dû rentrer tard à la maison, à pied, de nuit, toute seul. I shouldn't have walked home late at night by myself.

Dans la mesure où je vais être à Londres, je devrais voir une ou deux représentations. As long as I'm going to be in London, I ought to see a play or two.

"Combien de temps ça prend pour aller d'ici à ton école ?" "Environ 10 minutes à pied." "How far is it from here to your school?" "It's about ten minute's walk."

Je dois être à la maison ce soir avant qu'il ne fasse noir. I have to be home tonight before it gets dark.

C'est trop loin pour aller à pied à la gare, aussi prenons l'autobus. It's too far to walk to the station, so let's take a bus.

J'aimerais être à Paris en ce moment. I wish I were in Paris now.

Mon père ne se rend pas toujours à pied au travail. My father does not always walk to work.

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