Usage examples of "by chance" in English with translation to French

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I met her by chance. Je l'ai rencontrée par hasard.

I met him by chance. Je l'ai rencontré par hasard.

I found the book by chance. J'ai trouvé le livre par hasard.

He found his lost camera by chance. Par hasard, il a trouvé la caméra qu'il avait perdue.

I met him in Tokyo by chance. Je l'ai rencontré par hasard à Tokyo.

I met an old friend by chance. J'ai rencontré un vieil ami par hasard.

I met her by chance on a train. Je l'ai rencontré par hasard dans le train.

How did they meet? By chance, like everyone else. Comment s’étaient-ils rencontrés ? Par hasard, comme tout le monde.

I met an old friend by chance in Kyoto. J'ai rencontré un vieil ami par hasard à Tokyo.

I met her by chance at a restaurant yesterday. Je l'ai rencontrée par hasard dans un restaurant hier.

By chance we saw him as he came out of the shop. Par chance, on l'a vu en train de sortir du magasin.

Nothing happens by chance. Rien ne survient par hasard.

We were on the same train by chance. Nous étions par chance dans le même train.

By chance, I found a hot spring. Par chance, je suis tombé sur une source chaude.

I met him on the street by chance. Je l'ai rencontré par chance dans la rue.

I met him by chance in the train this morning. Je l'ai rencontré par hasard dans le train, ce matin.

It was not long before we met again by chance. Il ne s'écoula pas beaucoup de temps avant que nous nous rencontrassions de nouveau par hasard.

I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore. J'ai trouvé ce livre par hasard dans une librairie qui vend des livres d'occasion.

By chance we saw him coming out of the shop. Par chance, on l'a vu en train de sortir du magasin.

Quite by chance, I met my old friend in the airport. Tout à fait par chance, je rencontrai mon vieil ami à l'aéroport.

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