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

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Essaie d'aller plus lentement. Try to go slower.

Le glacier se déplace lentement. The glacier moves but by inches.

Essayez d'aller plus lentement. Try to go slower.

Qui va lentement va sûrement Haste makes waste

Pourrais-tu parler un peu plus lentement ? Could you talk a little slower?

Le japonais de Tom s'améliore lentement. Tom's Japanese is improving little by little.

Marchant lentement, il s'était déjà fait distancer de deux mètres. He, being slow-footed, was of course already lagging two meters.

Si tu le fais un peu plus lentement, ça va plus vite. If you do it a bit slower, it goes quicker.

Mais la lumière ne voyage pas à la même vitesse à travers toutes les substances ; elle va plus lentement dans certaines que dans d'autres. But light does not travel at the same speed through all materials; it goes slower through some than through others.

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