Usage examples of "tomber en faillite" in French with translation to English

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Il est en faillite. He is bankrupt.
Il fut déclaré en faillite. He was declared bankrupt.
Cela signifie-t-il que nous devions nous déclarer en faillite ? Does this mean that we have to file bankruptcy?
Une rumeur circule sur le fait que l'entreprise va droit vers la faillite. There's a rumor in the air that the firm is going into bankruptcy.
L'automne arriva et les feuilles se mirent à tomber. Autumn came and the leaves started to fall.
Mon mari et moi étions fileurs, mais notre filature nous a menés à la faillite. My husband and I were spinners, but our spinning company drove us to ruin.
Elle le laissa tomber pour un homme plus jeune. She dumped him for a younger man.
Son affaire a fait faillite, et pour couronner le tout, sa femme est tombée malade. He failed in business, and to make matters worse, his wife fell ill.
J'ai promis d'aller à la fête avec Jane, et je ne peux pas la laisser tomber. I promised to go to the party with Jane, and I can't let her down.
La société dans laquelle il travaillait auparavant a fait faillite le mois dernier. The company he used to work for went into bankruptcy last month.
Newton a vu une pomme tomber d'un arbre. Newton saw an apple fall off a tree.
Apparemment son entreprise est au bord de la faillite. I hear his business is on the verge of ruin.
J'ai laissé tomber mon poste. I gave up my job.
Il y a une rumeur dans l'air sur le fait que l'entreprise est en train de faire faillite. There's a rumor in the air that the firm is going into bankruptcy.
Il promit de m'aider, mais à la dernière minute me laissa tomber. He promised to help me, but at the last minute he let me down.
Une averse commença à tomber. A heavy rain began to fall.
Je me suis fermement tenu à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Laisse tomber. Forget it.
Vint l'automne et les feuilles se mirent à tomber. Autumn came and the leaves started to fall.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon bidule dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
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