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

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Il fut le dernier à arriver. He was the last person to arrive.
Comment cela pourrait-il arriver ? How could that happen?
Tom doit arriver à midi. Tom is due to come at noon.
Il faudra une heure pour y arriver. It will take an hour to get there.
Je veux arriver à l'hôtel avant qu'il fasse nuit. I want to reach the hotel before it gets dark.
On ne va jamais y arriver. We'll never make it.
La mort, c'est comme une compétition où chacun espère arriver le dernier. Death is like a race in which everyone tries to finish last.
Tom fut le dernier à arriver. Tom was the very last to arrive.
Quelque chose de néfaste va arriver. Something bad's going to happen.
Je viens d'en arriver. I just came from there.
Il devrait arriver chez toi dans une heure. He should get to your house in an hour.
Ils sont en train de négocier pour arriver à un compromis satisfaisant. They are negotiating to reach a satisfactory compromise.
Nous n'allons jamais y arriver. We'll never make it.
Il fut l'antépénultième à arriver. He was the last but two to arrive.
Quelque chose aurait pu lui arriver. Something might have happened to her.
Nous devons arriver à un accord. We need to come to an agreement.
Il devrait arriver au bureau dans une heure. He should get to the office in an hour.
Nous avons pris un taxi pour arriver là-bas à l'heure. We took a taxi so as to reach there on time.
Soyons réalistes, c'est impossible. On va jamais y arriver. Let's face it, it's impossible. We're never gonna make it.
Il était le premier à arriver. He was the first to arrive.
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