Sentence examples of "giving away" in English
I am alive even though I am not giving any sign of life.
Je suis vivant, bien que je ne donne pas signe de vie.
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.
I visited her with a view to giving a piece of advice.
Je lui rendis visite en vu de lui donner un petit conseil.
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.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien à ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien à enlever.
The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken.
Jane must stop giving way to her desire for chocolate.
Jane doit arrêter de céder à son désir de chocolat.
Our school did away with uniforms last year.
Notre école a abandonné les uniformes l'année dernière.
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