Usage examples of "attente en pile" in French with translation to English

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Il s'est mis à pleuvoir pile poil quand j'ai voulu sortir. It would rain just when I wanted to go out.
L'équipage entier était en attente de nouvelles. The crew were all waiting for the news.
Un côté de la pièce est appelé « face » et l'autre, « pile ». One side of a coin is called 'heads' and the other side is called 'tails'.
Formant une infrastructure d'informations, le réel impact de l'autoroute de l'information est une attente du développement de la nouvelle économie due au passage d'une industrie de matériel informatique tangible à une industrie de logiciels intelligents. Forming an information infrastructure, the real impact of the information highway is an expectation of new economic development due to a shift from a tangible hardware-industry to brain-oriented software-industry.
Sois à la gare à onze heures pile. Be at the train station at eleven sharp.
La longue attente à l'aéroport était ennuyeuse. The long wait at the airport was tedious.
La pile est morte. The battery died out.
Contre toute attente, nous devînmes amies. Against all expectations, we became good friends.
Pile poil ! Nice timing.
Contre toute attente, le vaisseau spatial Apollo revint sur Terre sans encombre. Against all expectations, the Apollo spacecraft made it safely back to Earth.
Je dois remplacer la pile de la radio. I have to replace the radio's battery.
Contre toute attente, nous sommes devenues amies. Against all expectations, we became good friends.
L'horloge s'est arrêtée. Il y faut une nouvelle pile. The clock stopped. It needs a new battery.
Contre toute attente, nous devînmes amis. Against all expectations, we became good friends.
Il y a une grosse pile de courrier sur la table. There is a big stack of mail on the table.
Contre toute attente, nous sommes devenus amis. Against all expectations, we became good friends.
Pile à l'heure ! Nice timing.
Il n'a pas réussi à se faire élire, contrairement à notre attente. He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation.
Il est pile neuf heures à ma montre. It is just nine by my watch.
Nous avons pris la liberté de mettre votre candidature en attente. We took the liberty of putting your candidacy on hold.
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