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

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Le vieil homme passait la plupart de son temps à se remémorer sa jeunesse. The old man spent most of his time looking back on his youth.
Une voiture qui passait nous a éclaboussés. A passing car splashed water on us.
Elle passait son temps en faisant les magasins. She killed time going around the shops.
Il m'a rendu visite chaque fois qu'il passait par Tokyo. He visited me every time he came up to Tokyo.
J'ai essayé de te joindre au téléphone mais ça ne passait pas. I tried to reach you on the phone, but I was unable to get through.
Il passait pour un savant dans notre communauté. He passed for a learned man in our community.
À peine un jour ne passait sans qu'il la rencontre. Hardly a day went by when he did not meet her.
Une voiture qui passait m'a éclaboussé mon pardessus. A passing car splashed my coat with water.
Au fur et à mesure que le temps passait, le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre. As time went on, the sky grew darker and darker.
Par chance, un bateau à vapeur passait par ici et ils ont pu être sauvés. As good luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved.
Tout à coup, j'entendis un tumulte dans l'allée et j'allai voir ce qui se passait. Suddenly I heard a commotion in the alley and went to see what was going on.
Une voiture qui passait sur une flaque m'éclaboussa de l'eau des pieds à la tête. A passing car hit a puddle and splashed water all over me.
Christophe Colomb appréciait les torrents de Pirate Bay, et passait souvent du temps à surfer par là-bas. Christopher Columbus enjoyed the torrents of Pirate Bay and would often go surfing there.
C'était une si belle fille que tout le monde se retournait pour la regarder quand elle passait. She was such a beautiful girl that everybody turned to look at her as she passed.
Tout à coup, j'ai entendu un tumulte dans l'allée et je suis allé voir ce qui se passait. Suddenly I heard a commotion in the alley and went to see what was going on.
On pouvait voir la forme oblongue du rat tandis qu'il passait le long du gosier du serpent. You could see the oblong shape of the rat as it passed down the snake's gullet.
Pythagore disait qu'il avait reçu en cadeau de Mercure la transmigration perpétuelle de son âme, de sorte qu'elle transmigrait et passait constamment dans toutes de sortes de plantes ou d'animaux. Pythagoras used to say that he had received as a gift from Mercury the perpetual transmigration of his soul, so that it was constantly transmigrating and passing into all sorts of plants or animals.
Je vais passer la nuit ici. I'll spend the night here.
Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe. Dogs bark when the caravan passes by.
Tout se passe très bien. Everything is going very well.
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