Usage examples of "quatre en pointe sans barreur" in French with translation to English

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Il monta les escaliers quatre à quatre en soufflant. He ran up the stairs panting.
Tu n'étais pas là à quatre heures. C'est pourquoi ils sont partis sans toi. You didn't come at four. That's why they went without you.
L'hamamélis de Virginie resserre les pores sans dessécher la peau. Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin.
La pointe de la lance était trempée dans un poison mortel. The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
Quatre ou cinq stylos dans sa poche de chemise, ça trahit bien un binoclard. Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd.
Elle peut dire le mensonge le plus éhonté sans ciller. She can tell the most outrageous lie without batting an eye.
Il y a une pointe de rouge dans le ciel oriental. There is a tinge of red in the eastern sky.
La guerre a duré quatre ans. The war had lasted four years.
Il a accepté le poste sans trop y réfléchir. He took the job without giving it much thought.
Enfant, j'ai passé plusieurs années en Indonésie et entendu l'appel de l'adhan à la pointe de l'aube et à la tombée du crépuscule. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
Il se rase quatre fois par semaine. He shaves four times a week.
Il a démissionné sans préavis. He quit without notice.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Nous sommes façonnés par chaque culture, provenant des quatre coins de la Terre, et dévoués à une idée simple : E pluribus unum : "De plusieurs, un". We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
Je ne peux pas écouter cette chanson sans repenser à l'époque où j'étais au lycée. I can not hear that song without thinking of my high school days.
Il utilise un crayon avec une pointe fine. He uses a pencil with a fine point.
Si tu retranches quatre de dix, tu obtiens six. If you take four from ten, you have six.
Il va sans dire que fumer est mauvais pour votre santé. It goes without saying that smoking is bad for the health.
La pointe du crayon s'est émoussée. The point of the pencil has become dull.
Un carré a quatre côtés égaux. A square has four equal sides.
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