Usage examples of "at the last minute" in English with translation to French

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Want to leave at the last minute? Envie de partir à la dernière minute ?
Our plans fell through at the last minute. Nos plans ont échoué à la dernière minute.
I am sorry to cancel the appointment at the last minute. Je suis désolé d'annuler le rendez-vous à la dernière minute.
He promised to help me, but at the last minute he let me down. Il promit de m'aider, mais à la dernière minute me laissa tomber.
I waited until the last minute. J'ai attendu jusqu'à la dernière minute.
And I did not shoot. I couldn't... At the last moment, it's shameful to say... I didn't have the courage to shoot. Et je n'ai pas tiré. Je n'ai pas pu... Au dernier moment, c'est honteux à dire... Je n'ai pas eu le courage de tirer.
I knew I shouldn't have put off doing my homework until the last minute. Je savais que je n'aurais pas dû remettre mes devoirs jusqu'à la dernière minute.
The bill passed at the last moment. Le projet de loi a été approuvé au dernier moment.
He canceled the appointment at the last moment. Il a annulé le rendez-vous au dernier moment.
She backed out at the last moment. Elle recula au dernier moment.
Did you catch anything the last time you went fishing? As-tu attrapé quelque chose la dernière fois que tu es allé pêcher ?
It's amazing that he won the championship at the age of nineteen. C'est incroyable qu'il a gagné le championnat à l'âge de 19 ans.
The last time I saw Tom he was walking on crutches. La dernière fois que j"ai vu Tom, il marchait avec des béquilles.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama. Et je ne me tiendrais pas ici ce soir sans le soutien inflexible de ma meilleure amie depuis les derniers 16 ans, la pierre angulaire de notre famille, l'amour de ma vie, la Première Dame de la nation, Michelle Obama.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week. Si mon avion ne s'écrase pas, si je ne me fais pas enlever par des voleurs d'organes, je vous passe un coup de fil en début de semaine.
He doesn't like to wait until the last moment to do something. Il n'aime pas attendre jusqu'au dernier moment pour faire quelque chose.
Get off at the next stop and take a bus headed to the airport. Descends au prochain arrêt et prends un bus à destination de l'aéroport.
The last person I told my idea to thought I was nuts. La dernière personne à qui j'ai raconté mon idée a pensé que j'étais cinglé.
Look at the large building over there. Regardez le grand immeuble là-bas.
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