Sentence examples of "up stream" in English

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The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted. La langue française, d’ailleurs, est une eau pure que les écrivains maniérés n’ont jamais pu et ne pourront jamais troubler. Chaque siècle a jeté dans ce courant limpide ses modes, ses archaïsmes prétentieux et ses préciosités, sans que rien surnage de ces tentatives inutiles, de ces efforts impuissants. La nature de cette langue est d’être claire, logique et nerveuse. Elle ne se laisse pas affaiblir, obscurcir ou corrompre.
The man is sitting on on the other side of the stream. L'homme est assis de l'autre côté du ruisseau.
He sat next to the stream. Il s'assit au bord du ruisseau.
The white boat went down the stream. Le bateau blanc a descendu le ruisseau.
He sat at the edge of the stream. Il s'est assis au bord du ruisseau.
There's been a constant stream of complaint calls since last week. Il y a eu un flot ininterrompu d'appels de réclamations depuis la semaine dernière.
The stream flows into the pond. Le ruisseau coule dans l'étang.
The blood stream is usually constant and continuous. Le flux de sang est normalement constant et continu.
All day long there was a steady stream of people going in and out of the bank. Toute la journée, il y avait un flot continu de gens qui entraient et sortaient de la banque.
They swam against the stream. Ils nagèrent à contre-courant.
Love is like some fresh spring, that leaves its cresses, its gravel bed and flowers to become first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation. L'amour est une source naïve, partie de son lit de cresson, de fleurs, de gravier, qui rivière, qui fleuve, change de nature et d'aspect à chaque flot, et se jette dans un incommensurable océan où les esprits incomplets voient la monotonie, où les grandes âmes s'abîment en de perpétuelles contemplations.
A stream of people came out of the theater. Un flot de gens sortit du théâtre.
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. Un objet inanimé peut suivre le courant, mais seule une chose vivante peut s'y opposer.
It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream. Ça doit être dangereux de nager dans ce rapide torrent.
The stream is not very swift. Le courant n'est pas très fort.
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