Usage examples of "arriver à ses fins" in French with translation to English

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Elle est finalement arrivée à ses fins. She has finally achieved her end.
Tu vois, je n'ai aucun doute qu'au pire, elle jouera du galon sur toi pour parvenir à ses fins. Look, if push comes to shove I have no doubt she'll pull rank on you to get her way.
Cela semblait difficile de parvenir à ses fins. It looked tough to achieve his aim.
Il ne parvint pas à arriver à l'heure. He failed to come on time.
Chaque pays à ses propres coutumes. Each country has its own customs.
Il a couru pour arriver à temps. He ran, so as to arrive on time.
Plus bête un enfant est, plus mignon il semble à ses parents. The more foolish a child is, the cuter he seems to his parents.
Je veux arriver à l'hôtel avant qu'il fasse nuit. I want to reach the hotel before it gets dark.
Il écrit à ses parents au moins une fois par mois, quelque occupé qu'il soit. He writes home to his parents at least once a month, no matter how busy he is.
Les avez-vous déjà vus arriver à l'heure ? Have you ever known them to come on time?
Il a dit à ses enfants de ne pas faire autant de bruit. He told his children not to make so much noise.
Le réparateur devait arriver à midi, mais il s'est retrouvé coincé dans des bouchons pendant plusieurs heures. The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.
Il était occupé à ses devoirs. He was busy with his homework.
Tom doit arriver à midi. Tom is due to come at noon.
Grâce à ses conseils, j'ai économisé beaucoup d'argent. Thanks to his advice, I have saved a lot of money.
Ils sont en train de négocier pour arriver à un compromis satisfaisant. They are negotiating to reach a satisfactory compromise.
J'ai cédé à ses exigences. I gave in to her demands.
Je crois que nous pouvons arriver à le faire faire. I believe we can get that done.
Il donna libre cours à ses sentiments. He gave vent to his feelings.
La logique est une méthode systématique pour arriver à la mauvaise conclusion en toute confiance. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
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