Usage examples of "sauf erreur" in French with translation to English

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Un poète peut survivre à tout sauf à une erreur d'impression. A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
Ça constituerait une erreur. This would be a mistake.
Je peux résister à tout sauf à la tentation. I can resist everything except temptation.
On suppose que la victime a absorbé par erreur une grande quantité de poison. The victim is thought to have taken a large quantity of poison by mistake.
J'aurais bien acheté cette montre, sauf qu'elle est trop chère. I would buy this watch, except it's too expensive.
Imaginez si chaque fois que quelqu'un faisait une faute de grammaire, nous ne pouvions que lui répondre "Erreur de syntaxe." en le laissant se débrouiller avec ça. Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
Ta réponse est tout sauf parfaite. Your answer is anything but perfect.
Il a pris du poison par erreur. He took poison by mistake.
Il y a des gens dans le monde si affamés que Dieu ne peut pas leur apparaître, sauf sous forme de pain. There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Penses-tu qu'il a commis cette erreur intentionnellement ? Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
Tout le monde a été invité sauf moi. Everyone except me was invited.
Avec le recul, c'était une erreur. In hindsight, this was a mistake.
Tom fait tout sauf étudier. Tom does anything but study.
Il a fait une erreur grave. He made a grave mistake.
Je suis heureux que tu sois revenu sain et sauf. I am glad that you have returned safe.
J'avais commis la même erreur toute ma vie. I had been making the same mistake all my life.
Il est timide. Il ne parle jamais sauf si on lui parle. Tu dois lui parler. He's shy, and never speaks unless spoken to. You have to talk to him.
Pourquoi n'admettez-vous pas votre erreur ? Why don't you admit your mistake?
Dans son discours, il a dénigré toutes les religions sauf la sienne. In his speech he cast aspersions on all religions except his own.
Quand on est pressé, il est facile de commettre une erreur. When you're in a hurry, it's easy to make a mistake.
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