Usage examples of "all of a sudden" in English with translation to French

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Translations: all22 tout à coup13 other translations9

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All of a sudden, it became cloudy. Tout à coup, le temps devint nuageux.

All of a sudden, it began raining. Tout à coup, il se mit à pleuvoir.

All of a sudden, a dog began barking. Tout à coup, un chien se mit à aboyer.

All of a sudden, he proposed to me. Tout à coup, il m'a demandée en mariage.

All of a sudden, the clerk lost his temper. Tout à coup, l'employée perdit son sang-froid.

All of a sudden, all the lights went out. Tout à coup toutes les lumières se sont éteintes.

All of a sudden, the barn went up in flames. Tout à coup, la grange s'est enflammée.

All of a sudden, three dogs appeared in front of us. Tout à coup, trois chiens apparurent devant nous.

All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. Tout à coup, je ressentis une vive douleur à l'estomac.

All of a sudden, the enemy bombs came down on us like rain. Tout à coup les bombes ennemies se mirent à pleuvoir sur nous.

All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky. Tout à coup, de grosses gouttes de pluie commencèrent à tomber du ciel sombre.

All of a sudden, I remembered that I couldn't pay for so many books. Tout à coup je me souvins que je ne pouvais pas payer autant de livres.

All of a sudden, the front door bell rang and the dark shadow of a lone man slipped in quietly. Tout à coup, la sonnette de la porte de devant tinta et l'ombre noire d'un homme seul se glissa tranquillement à l'intérieur.

All of a sudden it started raining. La pluie s'est soudainement mise à tomber.

All of a sudden, the lights went on. Ces lumières s'éteignirent subitement.

All of a sudden the sky became overcast. Tout d'un coup le ciel se couvrit.

All of a sudden, she began to laugh. D'un seul coup, elle se mit à rire.

All of a sudden the sky became dark. Soudainement le ciel devenait sombre.

All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off. Soudain, l'alarme incendie se déclencha.

Then all of a sudden a good idea came to me. Et soudainement, une bonne idée me vint.

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