Sentence examples of "last but one" in English

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My cousin is the last man but one in the line. Mon cousin est l'avant-dernier de la lignée.
He was the last but two to arrive. Il fut l'avant-avant-dernier à arriver.
All but one was present. Tous étaient là, sauf un.
I hope all but one of your dreams come true, so you always have something to strive for. Je vous souhaite que tous vos rêves se réalisent sauf un, de sorte que vous ayez toujours un but à poursuivre.
Genius is but one remove from madness. Un génie n'est que quelqu'un qui a échappé à la folie.
All but one were present. Tous sauf un étaient présents.
The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time. L'homme qui commet une erreur par an parce qu'il ne prend que deux décisions, se trompe cinquante pour cent du temps.
I cut up all but one of my credit cards. J'ai interrompu toutes mes cartes de crédit sauf une.
Singing is an honest and pleasurable entertainment, but one must be careful to avoid singing or taking pleasure in listening to lewd songs. Le chant est un divertissement honnête, agréable, mais il faut éviter avec soin de chanter ou d'écouter avec plaisir des chansons obscènes.
I have cut up all but one of my credit cards. J'ai interrompu toutes mes cartes de crédit sauf une.
It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on one's work. But one becomes completely forgetful of the people around oneself. C'est bien de pouvoir concentrer tout son esprit sur son travail. Mais on oublie complètement les gens autour de soi.
We used to have a cat, but one day it disappeared. Nous avions un chat, mais un jour il a disparu.
I didn't understand the meaning of the last line but one. Je n'ai pas compris le sens de l'avant dernière ligne.
I was going to run over the notes one last time, but there wasn't time. J'allais parcourir une dernière fois les notes mais il n'y eut pas le temps.
I was the last one to start in the race, but I soon caught up with the others. J'étais le dernier à démarrer dans la course, mais j'ai bientôt rattrapé les autres.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Ce n'est pas l'espèce la plus forte, qui survit, ni la plus intelligente, mais la plus réactive aux changements.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Ce n'est pas l'espèce la plus forte qui survit, pas la plus intelligente, mais celle qui est la plus réactive au changement.
I'll accept it, but with one condition. J'accepterai, mais à une condition.
Previous episodes of mass extinctions were driven by natural disasters such as asteroids, but this one is driven by humans. Les épisodes antérieurs d'extinction de masse furent provoqués par des cataclysmes naturels tels que des astéroïdes, mais celui-ci est provoqué par les humains.
Any murder is gruesome but this one was especially heinous. Tout meurtre est horrible, mais celui-ci fut particulièrement atroce.
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