Usage examples of "tout à la fois" in French with translation to English

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Mon frère vient d'attenter à ma personne en m'offrant 1,5 kilo de réglisse. Il sait bien que je vais mourir si je mange tout cela à la fois. My brother just made an attempt on my life by offering me 1.5 kilos of licorice. He knows well that I'll die if I eat all that at once.
La transformation est tout à la fois naissance et mort. Transformation is birth and death at the same time.
Je ne m'intéresse pas du tout à la chimie. I'm not a bit interested in chemistry.
Il doit son succès à la fois à un travail acharné et à la chance. He owes his success both to working hard and to good luck.
C'est pas du tout à la hauteur. That's woefully inadequate.
Tu es à la fois mignonne et gentille. You are both pretty and kind.
Une fonction qui est, à la fois, quasi-convexe et quasi-concave est quasi-linéaire. A function that is both quasiconvex and quasiconcave is quasilinear.
Cet avion est capable de transporter 40 personnes à la fois. This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.
Au début de chaque weekend, je suis à la fois fatigué et joyeux. At the start of every weekend, I am both tired and happy.
Particulièrement au cours des vingt dernières années, le lien supposé entre des politiques de protection sociale avancées et l'échec économique dans les pays de l'Europe du Nord, semble mettre en évidence la difficulté à soutenir à la fois une complète protection sociale et une compétitivité internationale. Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
J'aime à la fois les chats et les chiens. I love both cats and dogs.
Il peut jouer à la fois au tennis et au baseball. He can play both tennis and baseball.
Avoir devant lui plus d'un problème à la fois le rend irritable, contrarié et exaspéré. To have more than one problem before him at one time makes him irritable, upset and exasperated.
Ce sac est à la fois bien et cher. This bag is both good and inexpensive.
L'Homme qui est le prédateur à la fois des animaux et des plantes, n'est lui-même la proie d'aucun d'eux. Man who preys both on the vegetable and animal species, is himself a prey to neither.
Il était respecté à la fois en tant que professeur et en tant qu'homme. He was respected both as a teacher and as a man.
Je ne peux pas faire deux choses à la fois. I can't do two things at a time.
Tu peux emprunter trois livres à la fois dans cette bibliothèque. At this library, you can borrow up to three books at a time.
Mary est à la fois intelligente et gentille. Mary is both intelligent and kind.
Il est scientifique et musicien à la fois. He is a scientist and musician.
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