Usage examples of "au dernier moment" in French with translation to English

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Elle recula au dernier moment. She backed out at the last moment.
Elle fit machine arrière au dernier moment. She backed out at the last moment.
Il a annulé le rendez-vous au dernier moment. He canceled the appointment at the last moment.
Le projet de loi a été approuvé au dernier moment. The bill passed at the last moment.
Et je n'ai pas tiré. Je n'ai pas pu... Au dernier moment, c'est honteux à dire... Je n'ai pas eu le courage de tirer. And I did not shoot. I couldn't... At the last moment, it's shameful to say... I didn't have the courage to shoot.
Tous les Américains éduqués, du premier au dernier, vont en Europe. All educated Americans, first or last, go to Europe.
Il n'aime pas attendre jusqu'au dernier moment pour faire quelque chose. He does not like to wait until the last moment to do a thing.
As-tu assisté au dernier cours ? Did you go to the last class?
Tommy ne sut pas répondre au dernier problème. Tommy couldn't answer the last question.
Au moment où il prendra sa retraite mon père aura travaillé presque trente ans. By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.
J'ai été en mesure d'attraper le dernier train parce que j'ai marché très vite. I was able to catch the last train because I walked very quickly.
Au moment où il ouvrait la porte, il sentit quelque chose brûler. The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.
Elle a épousé Tom le mois dernier. She married Tom last month.
C'est le moment pour vous de jouer votre carte maîtresse. The time has come for you to play your trump card.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Il sera là à tout moment. He'll be here any second.
Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Je n'ai pas besoin d'argent pour le moment. I don't need money at present.
Elle est allée faire des courses avec lui lundi dernier. She went shopping with him last Monday.
Par exemple, il est 7 heures à Londres en ce moment. For example, it is 7:00 a.m. in London now.
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