Sentence examples of "as the phrase goes" in English
Although the phrase "world peace" sounds attractive, the road to world peace is very long and full of troubles.
Et bien que la phrase "paix au monde" paraisse attirante, le chemin de la paix dans le monde est très long et rempli de turpitudes.
She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.
Elle attendait sur le quai au moment où le bateau rentra.
You know the phrase, we harvest, that which we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
Vous connaissez la phrase, "on récolte ce que l’on sème". Moi j’ai semé le vent maintenant voilà ma tempête.
The new computer is ten times as fast as the old one.
Le nouvel ordinateur est dix fois plus rapide que l'ancien.
As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
Au fur et à mesure que l'avion s'approchait de turbulences, le pilote demanda aux passagers à bord de l'avion d'attacher leurs ceintures de sécurité.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.
Car toute chaire est comme l'herbe et toute la gloire de l'homme comme la fleur de l'herbe.
Nicolas means that romanization of Cyrillic alphabet is as beautiful as the sun, which burns your eyes when you look at it.
Nicolas veut dire que la romanisation de l'alphabet cyrillique est aussi belle que le soleil, qui brûle les yeux quand on le regarde.
As soon as the accident occurred, a police car rushed to the scene.
Dès que l'accident eut lieu, une voiture de police fonça sur les lieux.
The movie is not so interesting as the original.
Le film n'est pas aussi intéressant que l'original.
The French team scored as many goals as the English team.
L'équipe de France a marqué autant de buts que l'équipe d'Angleterre.
As the catterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
De même que la chenille choisit, pour y poser ses œufs, les feuilles les plus belles ; ainsi le prêtre pose ses malédictions sur nos plus belles joies.
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
Le Soleil est environ un million de fois plus grand que la Terre.
Just as the body needs exercise, so the mind needs stimulation to stay healthy.
Tout comme le corps a besoin d'exercice, l'esprit a besoin de stimulation pour rester en bonne santé.
Many people define success as the possession of large amounts of money.
Beaucoup de gens identifient le succès avec la possession de beaucoup d'argent.
Nobody knows as many stories as the god of sleep.
Personne ne connaît autant d'histoires que le dieu du sommeil.
As the door slid open, he almost fell onto the platform.
Quand la porte coulissante s'est ouverte, il a failli tomber sur le quai.
The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
Le parallèle avec l'anglais est encore plus frappant quand nous prenons conscience que le latin a continué à être usité durant encore plusieurs centaines d'années en tant que la première "langue internationale" au monde.
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