Sentence examples of "wave away" in English
The shrapnel from an explosion is usually more dangerous than the shock wave.
Les éclats d'une explosion sont généralement plus dangereux que l'onde de choc.
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.
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 ?
We're in the second week of an unrelenting heat wave.
Nous sommes dans la deuxième semaine d'une implacable vague de chaleur.
After a while passion and infatuation ooze away.
Au bout d'un moment, la passion et l'engouement s'essoufflent.
She pooh-poohed the idea with a disdainful wave of her hand.
Elle rejeta l'idée d'un mouvement de main dédaigneux.
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.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Oh, dites-moi, est-ce que la bannière étoilée flotte encore sur la terre de la liberté et la patrie des braves ?
Our school did away with uniforms last year.
Notre école a abandonné les uniformes l'année dernière.
His neighbor will care for the children while she is away.
Son voisin s'occupera des enfants pendant son absence.
Supplies were trucked in from as far away as California.
Le ravitaillement fut convoyé d'aussi loin que la Californie.
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