Usage examples of "en un coup" in French with translation to English

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J'ai vu en un coup d'oeil qu'elle avait des ennuis. I could tell at a glance that she was in trouble.
Tom ne fit que jeter un coup d’œil aux gros titres. Tom only glanced at the headlines.
Je vais le mettre en route en un clin d'œil. I'll have it up and running in no time.
Il m'a collé un coup de pied dans les roubignoles. He kicked me in the balls.
La valeur de l'action a baissé de moitié en un mois. The price of the stock declined by half in a month.
Si tu passes trop de temps au soleil sans mettre de crème solaire, il est probable que tu attrapes un coup de soleil. If you spend too much time in the sun without putting on sunscreen, you are likely to get a sunburn.
Vous aurez beau étudier de toutes vos forces, vous n'arriverez pas à maîtriser l'anglais en un an ou deux. No matter how hard you may study, you cannot master English in a year or two.
L'homme jeta un coup d'oeil aux actualités et fut choqué. The man glanced at the news program and was shocked.
L'eau atteignit la poutre du pont en un instant. The water came up to the bridge girder in a second.
La nuit il sort, pour boire un coup. At night he goes out to have a drink.
Tom s'est rendu maître de la situation en un instant. Tom was master of the situation in no time.
Le boxeur reçut un coup. The boxer received a blow to the body.
S'étant efforcé de s'imposer la croyance en un système contre lequel la raison se rebelle, il la nomme déplaisamment raison humaine, comme si l'homme pouvait se donner raison à lui-même. Having endeavoured to force upon himself the belief of a system against which reason revolts, he ungratefully calls it human reason, as if man could give reason to himself.
Il y donna un coup de pied. He kicked it.
En un sens, la vie est cruelle. Elle garde en réserve des problèmes majeurs pour chacun d'entre nous. In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
Il fut étourdi par un coup sur la tête. He was dazed by a blow to the head.
Mon père transforma son garage en un bureau. My father converted a garage into a study.
Je vais te mettre un coup dans le ventre. I'm going to slug you in the gut.
Et en un jour, ils furent en France. Within one day, they were in France.
« Cette pute m'a collé un coup de pied dans les couilles. » « Tu l'as mérité. » "That bitch kicked me in the balls." "You deserved it."
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