Usage examples of "presque impossible" in French with translation to English

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C'était autrefois presque impossible. It used to be nearly impossible.
C'était presque impossible. It used to be nearly impossible.
Héler un taxi à Manhattan à cinq heures de l'après-midi est presque impossible. Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
De nos jours, il est presque impossible de trouver une fille qui ne porte pas de tatouage. Nowadays it is nigh on impossible to find a girl who does not wear a tattoo.
Le coût de la vie a grimpé si rapidement qu'il nous est presque impossible de nouer les deux bouts. The cost of living has risen so quickly that it is almost impossible for us to make both ends meet.
La beauté est une lettre de recommandation qu'il est presque impossible d'ignorer. Beauty is a letter of recommendation which it is almost impossible to ignore.
C'est presque impossible d'apprendre une langue étrangère en peu de temps. It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.
C'est presque impossible de le faire. It is next to impossible to carry it out.
Il nous est possible de savoir ce qui avait été réalisé dans le passé, mais il nous est impossible de le changer. Et il nous est possible de changer l'avenir, mais il nous est possible de savoir ce qui sera réalisé. It is possible for us to know what has been achieved in the past, but it is not possible for us to change it. And it is possible for us to change the future, but it is not possible for us to know what will be achieved in it.
Pas toi, bien sûr ; tu es une femme - enfin presque. Of course not you; you're a woman — almost.
Il était impossible pour le garçon de traverser la rivière à la nage. It wasn't possible for the boy to swim across the river.
L'inceste est un tabou que l'on rencontre dans presque toutes les cultures. Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.
Rien n'est impossible pour celui qui n'a pas à le faire lui-même. Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Au moment où il prendra sa retraite mon père aura travaillé presque trente ans. By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
Je suppose qu'il m'est impossible d'apprendre à jouer du hautbois. I guess it's impossible for me to learn how to play the oboe.
La partie est presque terminée. The game's almost over.
Il est impossible de dire quand la Terre a vu le jour précisément. There is no telling exactly when the earth was born.
Vous avez presque deviné juste. Your guess is almost right.
Je ne peux pas me résoudre à lui dire qu'il est impossible pour lui d'obtenir le poste. I can't bring myself to tell him that there's no way he'll get the position.
Il n'y a presque pas d'eau dans le seau. There's almost no water in the bucket.
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