Usage examples of "fonctionnait" in French with translation to English

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Trouver une solution qui fonctionnait fut un processus expérimental. Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.
Pour une raison quelconque, le microphone ne fonctionnait pas tout à l'heure. For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.
À mon premier cours de C, je n'arrivais pas à comprendre le moindre truc en classe. Dieu merci j'ai obtenu d'un ami programmeur qu'il m'explique comment tout le machin fonctionnait. When I first took a C course, I couldn't understand a single thing explained in class. Thank God I got a friend of mine who's a programmer to explain to me how the whole caboodle works.
Courant 1969 le débat sur la mémoire virtuelle pour les ordinateurs commerciaux prit fin. Une équipe de recherche d'IBM menée par David Sayre montra que leur système d'indirection de la mémoire virtuelle fonctionnait concrètement mieux que le meilleur des systèmes contrôlés manuellement. By 1969 the debate over virtual memory for commercial computers was over. An IBM research team led by David Sayre showed that their virtual memory overlay system consistently worked better than the best manually controlled systems.
Ce téléphone ne fonctionne pas. This telephone doesn't work.
La plupart des ascenseurs fonctionnent automatiquement. Most elevators operate automatically.
Certains adverbes anglais fonctionnent comme des adjectifs. Some English adverbs function as adjectives.
Penses-tu que tu puisses faire en sorte que les choses continuent à fonctionner jusqu'à ce que je revienne ? Do you think you can manage to keep things going until I get back?
Cette montre ne fonctionne pas. This clock isn't working.
La tondeuse à gazon a besoin d'essence pour fonctionner. The lawn mower needs gas to operate.
Montre-moi comment ça fonctionne. Show me how it works.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment faire fonctionner cet engin. I can't figure out how to operate this machine.
La lumière ne fonctionne pas. The light doesn't work.
Je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment faire fonctionner cette machine. I can't figure out how to operate this machine.
Le chauffage ne fonctionne pas. The heating doesn't work.
Nous ne serons jamais trop prudents pour faire fonctionner une centrale nucléaire. We can not be too careful in operating a nuclear power plant.
Le projecteur ne fonctionne pas. The projector doesn't work.
Cette horloge ne fonctionne pas. This clock isn't working.
Cette pendule ne fonctionne pas. This clock isn't working.
Mon GPS fonctionne très bien. My GPS works very well.
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