Usage examples of "et alors que" in French with translation to English

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Et alors qu'elle n'est plus avec nous, je sais que ma grand-mère est en train de regarder, avec la famille qui m'a fait ce que je suis. Ils me manquent ce soir. Je sais que ma dette envers eux est au-delà de toute mesure. À ma soeur Alma, tous mes autres frères et sœurs, merci infiniment pour le soutien que vous m'avez apporté. Je leur suis reconnaissant. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure. To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I'm grateful to them.
Il ne sert à rien d'essayer de séparer les chèvres et les moutons alors que tu es dans une crise de folie. It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.
Bon, j'ai un peu forcé le son de quelques CDs. Et alors ? So I boosted a couple of CDs. So what?
Alors que je marchais il a commencé à pleuvoir. As I was walking, it began to rain.
Je suis homosexuel, et alors? I'm gay, so?
Elle est arrivée alors que nous étions sur le point de partir. She arrived when we were about to leave.
Aux Pays-Bas, si un enfant insiste trop pour demander un biscuit, il peut être puni et alors il n'aura pas de biscuit. In the Netherlands, if a child is too insistent on asking for a cookie, he might be punished and get no cookie.
Hier, alors que je marchais dans la rue, j'ai été témoin d'un accident. Yesterday, as I was walking along the street, I saw an accident.
Et alors ? Peu m'importe. So what? It doesn't matter to me.
Je me suis endormi alors que je lisais un livre. While I was reading, I fell asleep.
Et alors ? So what?
Il se rendit au magasin juste alors que celui-ci était sur le point de fermer. He went to the store just as it was going to close.
Oui, et alors ? Yes, what of it?
C'est alors que nous avons appris que la poste centrale était en feu et qu'ils avaient kidnappé notre président. That's when we learned that the main post office was on fire and that they had kidnapped our president.
À vrai dire, je voulais être une damoiselle, dans une tour gardée par sept dragons, et alors un prince sur un cheval blanc aurait coupé la tête des dragons et m'aurait délivrée. Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.
Elle a le teint clair alors que son frère a la peau foncée. She's got a fair complexion while her brother is very dark.
La cause fondamentale du problème est que dans le monde moderne, les imbéciles sont plein d'assurance, alors que les gens intelligents sont pleins de doute. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Le changement est une chose, le progrès en est un autre. Le changement est scientifique, le progrès est éthique ; le changement est incontestable, alors que le progrès est sujet à discussion. Change is one thing, progress is another. "Change" is scientific, "progress" is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
Ta dépêche est arrivée juste alors que j'étais sur le point de te téléphoner. Your telegram arrived just as I was about to telephone you.
C'est alors que j'ai eu une bonne idée. It's then that I had a good idea.
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