Usage examples of "ongoing conversation" in English with translation to French

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She tried to spice up the conversation with gossip about the neighbors. Elle essayait de pimenter la conversation avec des commérages sur les voisins.

ongoing events événements en cours

As their conversation was in French, I could not understand a word. Comme leur conversation était en français, je ne pouvais pas en comprendre un mot.

My therapist told me to go to a bar and strike up a conversation with a complete stranger. Mon thérapeute m'a dit de me rendre dans un bar et d'entamer une conversation avec quelqu'un qui me soit tout à fait étranger.

I inferred from our conversation that he was unhappy with his job. Je déduis de notre conversation qu'il n'était pas heureux dans son travail.

In the course of our conversation, he referred to his youth. Au cours de notre conversation, il fit référence à sa jeunesse.

Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? Sais-tu que la conversation est un des plus grands plaisirs de l'existence ?

Mr Jones teaches us English conversation. M. Jones nous enseigne la conversation en anglais.

I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation. J'avais été seul toute la semaine et je languissais d'une conversation.

That is enough. I have had it with fruitless conversation. C'est assez. J'en ai soupé de conversation infructueuse.

He's always breaking into our conversation. Il se mêle toujours de notre conversation.

We entered into a serious conversation. Nous avons commencé une conversation sérieuse.

He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation. Il a l'habitude de hocher la tête en écoutant une conversation.

TV has robbed us of our enjoyment of conversation at dinner at home. La télévision nous a ravi le plaisir de la conversation des dîners à la maison.

I didn't take part in the conversation. Je n'ai pas pris part à la conversation.

Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking. De nombreux Étasuniens ne sont pas à l'aise avec le silence, et ils ont tendance à considérer le silence dans une conversation comme un signal indiquant qu'ils doivent commencer à parler.

He has a lot of topics for conversation. Il ne manque pas de sujets de conversation.

This conversation is a masterpiece. Cette conversation est un chef-d'œuvre.

I had my doubts but this last conversation cleared them all up. J'avais des doutes mais cette dernière conversation les a tous dissipés.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. On peut découvrir davantage sur une personne en une heure de jeu qu'en une année de conversation.

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