Sentence examples of "did away" in English
It's about time we did away with this outdated law.
Il est temps que nous en finissions avec cette loi dépassée.
Our school did away with uniforms last year.
Notre école a abandonné les uniformes l'année dernière.
The new president did away with a lot of the traditional protocols.
Le nouveau président a aboli une grande partie des protocoles traditionnels.
The train belched clouds of black smoke into the air as it chugged away.
Le train cracha en l'air des nuages de fumée noire tandis qu'il haletait en s'éloignant.
Is a skyscraper a big thing far away or a small thing close up?
Un gratte-ciel est-il un objet de grande taille lointain ou un objet de petite taille vu de près ?
After a while passion and infatuation ooze away.
Au bout d'un moment, la passion et l'engouement s'essoufflent.
Only then did I realize what he meant.
C'est seulement à ce moment que j'ai compris ce qu'il voulait dire.
I'm sure you did what you thought was the right thing to do.
Je suis sûr que tu as fait ce qui te semblait être la chose à faire.
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