Sentence examples of "single" in English with translation "seul"

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Not a single person arrived late. Pas une seule personne n'arriva en retard.
He was killed by a single bullet. Il fut tué d'une seule balle.
A single incident can change your life. Un seul incident peut changer votre vie.
I don't have a single enemy. Je n'ai pas un seul ennemi.
Waste not a single grain of rice! Ne gaspille pas un seul grain de riz !
A single mistake, and you are a failure. Une seule erreur, et vous avez échoué.
There isn't a single cloud in the heavens. Il n'y a pas un seul nuage dans le ciel.
There was not a single word of gratitude from them. Ils n'eurent pas un seul mot de gratitude.
There's not a single safe place anymore in Japan. Il n'y a plus un seul endroit sécuritaire au Japon.
We listened carefully in order not to miss a single word. Nous avons consciencieusement écouté, pour ne pas manquer un seul mot.
I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day. Je ne peux me passer de ce dictionnaire un seul jour.
If you take a single piece of the cake, I'll give you hell. Si tu prends un seul morceau de gâteau, je te fous une prune.
We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the book into the fire. Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu.
Although most of us think of the brain as a single structure, it is actually divided into two hemispheres. Bien que la plupart d'entre nous conçoivent le cerveau comme une seule structure, il est en fait divisé en deux hémisphères.
I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. Je doute qu'on puisse trouver un seul individu dans toute l'humanité qui soit exempt de quelque forme de folie. La seule différence est affaire de gradation.
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action. Si toute votre vie vous vous abstenez du meurtre, du vol, de la fornication, du parjure, du blasphème et de l'outrecuidance envers vos parents, votre église et votre roi, on vous considérera conventionnellement comme digne d'admiration morale, même si vous n'avez jamais fait un seul geste gentil ou généreux.
It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king. Il est vrai qu'Aristote distingue le tyran du roi, en ce que le premier gouverne pour sa propre utilité et le second seulement pour l'utilité de ses sujets ; mais il s'ensuivrait de la distinction d'Aristote que depuis le commencement du monde il n'aurait pas encore existé un seul roi.
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