Sentence examples of "avant la guerre" in French
Le Japon a conclu une alliance avec la France juste avant la guerre.
Japan entered into an alliance with France just before the war.
Il est bon que la guerre soit si terrible, de peur que nous en devenions trop friands.
It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it.
À en juger par l'aspect du ciel, il se pourrait bien que nous ayons une averse avant la tombée de la nuit.
Judging from the look of the sky, we might have a shower before nightfall.
À cette époque, l'Angleterre n'était pas préparée pour la guerre.
Britain was not geared up for war then.
Si nous partons maintenant, nous pourrions être de retour à Tuscon avant la tombée de la nuit.
If we leave now we could be back in Tucson before nightfall.
On me dit d'apprendre par cœur ce poème avant la fin de la semaine.
I was told to learn this poem by heart by the end of this week.
La guerre ne se résume qu'à une destruction insensible et violente.
War results only in senseless and violent destruction.
Jane s'est fait couper les cheveux courts avant la rencontre sportive.
Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meet.
Le mot que Mary avait, juste avant la virgule, pour faire rager Tom, était le mot « effacé ».
The word that Mary had, just before the comma, to enrage Tom, was the word "erased".
Leurs projects sont tombés à l'eau quand la guerre a éclaté.
Their plans blew up when the war broke out.
Il y a de bonnes raisons d'affirmer que Paris était le lieu de fréquentes émeutes même avant la révolution de 1789.
There are good grounds for the view that Paris was the scene of frequent riots even before the revolution of 1789.
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