Usage examples of "faute de dernier recours" in French with translation to English

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Elle ne se résolut au médicament qu'en dernier recours. She relied on the medicine as a last resort.
Imaginez si chaque fois que quelqu'un faisait une faute de grammaire, nous ne pouvions que lui répondre "Erreur de syntaxe." en le laissant se débrouiller avec ça. Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
Si on ne peut pas obtenir l'argent de quelconque autre manière, on peut, en dernier recours, vendre la voiture. If we can't get the money in any other way, we can, as a last resort, sell the car.
Ce qui est arrivé n'était pas de la faute de Tom. What had happened wasn't Tom's fault.
Elle envisage de porter plainte en dernier recours. She is thinking of suing as a last resort.
Il a rejeté sur moi la faute de l'accident. He blamed me for the accident.
Il n'est pas juste de rejeter la faute de ses échecs sur ses parents. It's not fair to attribute your failure to your parents.
Faute de grives on mange des merles Half a loaf is better than no bread.
La phrase ne contient pas de faute de grammaire. The sentence is free from grammatical mistakes.
La phrase ne comporte aucune faute de grammaire. The sentence doesn't have any grammatical errors.
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.
Postez sans faute cette carte. Post this card without fail.
De plus en plus de jeunes gens ont recours à la chirurgie pour améliorer leur apparence physique. More and more young people are going under the knife to improve their physical appearance.
Elle a épousé Tom le mois dernier. She married Tom last month.
Il a essayé de rejeter la faute sur moi. He tried to put the blame on me.
Les gouvernements ont d'ordinaire recours au contrôle des prix lorsque l'inflation a atteint un certain niveau. Governments usually resort to price control when inflation has reached a certain level.
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.
Évidemment, c'est de sa faute. Obviously, he is to blame.
Certains enfants ont recours au suicide afin d'échapper à une pression insupportable. Some children resort to suicide in order to escape from unbearable pressure.
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.
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