Usage examples of "finit par" in French with translation to English

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À trop vouloir expliquer l'inexplicable, on finit par excuser l'inexcusable. When anyone tries to explain the inexplicable, he is getting ready to excuse the inexcusable.
Ce livre est l'équivalent littéraire des bonbons Haribo : on veut juste en goûter un, et on finit par dévorer le paquet tout entier. This book is the literary equivalent of Haribo sweets: you only want to eat one, but end up devouring the whole packet.
Le Temps: Ce que l'homme essaie toujours de tuer, mais qui finit par le tuer. Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
Et c'est ainsi que tout finit par retomber sur les épaules de Mai. And so everything ends up coming down on Mai's shoulders.
Entre deux chaises on finit par tomber. Between two stools you fall to the ground.
L'abolition de l'esclavage en Europe finit par atteindre l'Amérique. The abolition of slavery in Europe eventually reached America.
Après plusieurs retardements, l'avion finit par décoller. After several delays, the plane finally left.
La vérité finit par éclater à son procès. The truth finally came out at his trial.
Là où l'on brûle les livres, on finit aussi par brûler des hommes. Where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.
On finit toujours par vouloir anéantir son prochain. Voilà, le triste sort de l'humanité. In the end, one always ends up wishing to annihilate one's fellow man. Therein lies the sad fate of humanity.
La vérité finit toujours par éclater The truth will come out
Ils communiquent par gestes. They communicate with each other by gesture.
Il finit en tête. He came out on top.
Il était énervé par le meurtre de ses camarades. He was angered by the murder of their comrades.
Il finit son dîner car il n'aimait pas gaspiller la nourriture. He finished his dinner because he didn't like to waste food.
Nos vies sont déterminées par notre environnement. Our lives are determined by our environment.
On ne finit jamais de traduire des phrases sur Tatoeba. You'll never finish translating sentences on Tatoeba.
La première fois que tu rencontres une personne, tu devrais être attentif à la proximité avec laquelle tu te tiens par rapport à elle. The first time you meet people, you should be careful about how near you stand to them.
Il finit de boire une bière et en commanda une autre. He finished drinking one beer and ordered another.
Je paierai par chèque. I'll pay by cheque.
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