Usage examples of "au fur et à mesure" in French with translation to English

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Au fur et à mesure que le temps passait, le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre. As time went on, the sky grew darker and darker.
Au fur et à mesure que les siècles passaient et plus l'Angleterre se peuplait, le peuple constata que son approvisionnement devenait un grand problème. As the centuries went by and England became more crowded, the people found their food supply a great problem.
Au fur et à mesure que l'avion s'approchait de turbulences, le pilote demanda aux passagers à bord de l'avion d'attacher leurs ceintures de sécurité. As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
Son discours devenait de plus en plus puissant à mesure qu'il progressait. His speech had more and more power as it went along.
Il doit son succès à la fois à un travail acharné et à la chance. He owes his success both to working hard and to good luck.
Chokichi sentait vivement que les gens, à mesure qu'ils vieillissent, oublient entièrement les soucis que seuls les jeunes peuvent connaître et dont ils ont eux-mêmes fait l'expérience dans leur jeunesse ; et qu'ils prennent nonchalamment cette attitude facile où ils jugent durement les circonstances des jeunes de la nouvelle génération. Il sentait qu'il y avait réellement une distance irréconciliable entre les vieux et les jeunes. Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.
La guerre du Viêt Nam est connue au Vietnam, et à juste titre, sous le nom de « guerre américaine ». The Vietnam War is known in Vietnam, and quite appropriately, as the American War.
Les désirs des hommes croissent à mesure que leurs revenus augmentent. Men's wants become greater in proportion to the increase in their income.
Le médecin m'invita à inhaler et à exhaler lentement et profondément. The doctor told me to inhale and exhale slowly and deeply.
À mesure qu'il parlait, il devenait de plus en plus excité. As he talked, he got more and more excited.
À chaque fois que la cloche de l'école sonnait, Ivan se mettait à regarder dans le vide et à saliver. Après plusieurs exorcismes ratés, ses parents réalisèrent qu'il était en fait la réincarnation de l'un des chiens de Pavlov. Whenever the school bell rang, Ivan would stare into space and drool. Several failed exorcisms later, his parents realized that he was the reincarnation of one of Pavlov's dogs.
À mesure que le temps se rafraichissait, l'envie de mettre un pull se faisait plus forte. As it got colder, I began to want a sweater.
On enseigne à lire et à écrire à chaque garçon ou fille. Every boy and girl is taught to read and write.
À mesure que le soleil se levait, les étoiles faiblissaient. As the sun rose, the stars faded away.
Tous les hommes sont égaux devant la loi - et à la vue d'une belle femme. All men are equal before the law... and when placed before a beautiful woman.
À mesure qu'on monte en altitude, l'atmosphère s'appauvrit. As we go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
Le bâtiment est pourri, à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur. The building is rotten inside and out.
J'écris toujours les lettres à la plume et à l'encre. I always write letters with pen and ink.
Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais. Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English.
La fille engagée par ce magasin pour attirer les clients est assez jolie et à chaque fois que j'y vais je finis par acheter beaucoup de trucs. The girl hired by the shop to attract customers is quite cute and every time I go there I end up buying a lot of things.
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