Usage examples of "chevron d'un comble" in French with translation to English

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Elle perdit son chemin, et pour comble de malchance, il se mit à pleuvoir. She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.
Si tu ne connais pas la signification d'un mot, vérifie dans un dictionnaire. If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary.
Pour comble de malheur, il tomba malade. To make things even worse, he got sick.
Dans ce cours, nous consacrerons du temps à vous aider à vous exprimer en ayant plus l'air d'un locuteur natif. In this course, we'll spend time helping you sound more like a native speaker.
Pour comble de malheur, il commença à pleuvoir. To make matters worse, it began to rain.
Les étrangers bénéficient d'un traitement particulier dans ce pays. Foreigners get special treatment in that country.
La conférence a fait salle comble. The conference had a full house.
Je crois qu'il a quelque chose d'un poète. I think he is something of a poet.
La simplicité est le comble du raffinement. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Il est évident qu'il n'est pas habitué à vivre d'un budget serré. It's obvious that he's not used to living on a tight budget.
C'était suffisamment grave qu'il arrive habituellement au travail en retard, mais venir soûl est un comble, et je vais devoir m'en débarrasser. It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
Le ciel est d'un bleu absolu. The sky is as blue as blue can be.
Je vous enverrai un courriel après que je l'ai vérifié de fond en comble. I will email you after I check it thoroughly.
Il est né d'une mère juive et d'un père musulman, cela l'a beaucoup aidé à cultiver une certaine ouverte d'esprit. He's born from a Jewish mother and a Muslim father; this helped him much to develop a kind of openmindedness.
Newton a vu une pomme tomber d'un arbre. Newton saw an apple fall off a tree.
En dépit d'un extérieur sévère, elle avait une certaine vulnérabilité qui la rendait assez attachante. Despite her hard exterior, she had a certain vulnerability that made her quite endearing.
J'ai besoin d'un médecin ! I need a medic.
Chaque pièce est équipée d'un grand bureau. Each room is equipped with large desks.
Tu joues d'un instrument de musique n'est-ce pas ? You play a musical instrument, don't you?
Si un restaurant dispose d'un voiturier, il est probablement assez onéreux. If a restaurant has valet parking it's probably pretty expensive.
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