Usage examples of "être affaire d'une minute" in French with translation to English

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Tom sera ici d'une minute à l'autre. Tom should be here any minute.
Il rata son train d'une minute. He missed the last train by a minute.
Il a manqué le train d'une minute. He missed the train by one minute.
J'ai raté l'avion d'une minute. I missed the airplane by a minute.
J'ai raté le train d'une minute. I missed the train by a minute.
Je ne veux pas être impliqué dans cette affaire. I don't want to be involved in this affair.
Elle semble être impliquée dans cette affaire de meurtre. She seems to be involved in that murder case.
Ce tournevis est trop petit pour être d'une quelconque utilité. This screwdriver is too small to be any use.
Je pensais que je pourrais être d'une quelconque utilité. I thought I might be of some use.
J'ai la conviction que quelques semaines passées dans une colonie de vacances bien organisée peuvent être d'une plus grande valeur éducative qu'une année entière consacrée au travail scolaire traditionnel. I have the conviction that a few weeks in a well-organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.
Peut-être puis-je être d'une aide quelconque. Perhaps I can be of some assistance.
J'espère pouvoir vous être d'une quelconque assistance. I hope I can be of some help to you.
Être à bord d'une grande roue est mon activité préférée. Riding in a Ferris wheel is my favorite thing to do.
Si Tatoeba crée une dépendance, cela signifie-t-il que les espérantophones sont plus dépendants que les locuteurs d'autres langues, et cette dépendance peut-elle être la base d'une nouvelle culture commune? If Tatoeba is addictive, does this mean that Esperanto speakers are more addicted than speakers of other languages, and can this addiction be the basis of a new common culture?
L'état amoureux ne se confond pas avec l'amour. On peut être amoureux d'une femme et la haïr cependant. To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.
Évidemment, ce ne peut être le travail d'une seule personne. C'est pourquoi Tatoeba est un projet collaboratif. Obviously, this cannot be the work of one person. This is why Tatoeba is collaborative.
Les riches devraient-ils être forcés à se séparer d'une partie de leur richesse afin d'aider les pauvres ? Should the rich be forced to part with some of their wealth in order to help the poor?
Être un anglophone est à double tranchant. D'un côté, tu parles la langue la plus utile au monde à la perfection; mais de l'autre, personne ne veut parler une autre langue avec toi, ce qui rend difficile l'apprentissage d'une langue étrangère. Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you speak perfectly the world's most useful language. But on the other, no one wants to speak anything else with you - making foreign language acquisition difficult.
As-tu jamais été témoin d'une affaire en justice ? Have you ever been a witness in a court case?
J'ai annulé mon rendez-vous à cause d'une affaire urgente. I canceled my appointment because of urgent business.
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