Usage examples of "block of individually owned flats" in English with translation to French

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The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic. Le monde moderne est une foule de voitures de course très rapides toutes arrêtées et prises dans un embouteillage.
Almost all implementations of virtual memory divide the virtual address space of an application program into pages; a page is a block of contiguous virtual memory addresses. Quasiment toutes les implémentations de la mémoire virtuelle divisent l'espace d'adressage virtuel d'une application en pages; une page est un bloc d'adresses mémoires virtuelles contiguës.
I put my fingers in my ears to block out the terrible sounds. Je mis mes doigts dans mes oreilles pour éviter ces bruits terribles.
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but who, as a group, can meet and decide that nothing can be done. Un comité est un groupe de gens qui ne peuvent rien faire individuellement mais qui peuvent tenir des réunions en tant que groupe et parvenir à la décision qu'on ne peut rien faire.
Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored. Les premiers hommes utilisaient leurs doigts et leurs orteils pour compter les animaux qu'ils possédaient, ou pour mesurer la quantité de grains qu'ils avaient engrangés.
A warehouse full of illegal fireworks blew up and destroyed a whole city block. Un entrepôt plein de feux d'artifice a explosé et a détruit un pâté de maison entier.
The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity. Plus je déteste les hommes individuellement et plus ardent devient mon amour pour l'humanité.
She left home with everything she owned. Elle quitta la maison avec tout ce qu'elle possédait.
Every author suffers from writer's block from time to time. Chaque auteur souffre du syndrome de la page blanche de temps en temps.
In communism, the means of production are owned by the state. Dans le communisme, les moyens de production sont propriété de l'État.
That kid's a chip off the old block. Ce gosse est le portrait craché de son père.
The house is owned by him. La maison lui appartient.
Such a person will often go a block out of his way to avoid meeting a person of the opposite sex. Une telle personne fera souvent un effort particulier pour éviter de rencontrer une personne du sexe opposé.
The bottles of beer that I brought to the party were redundant; the host's family owned a brewery. Les bouteilles de bière que j’avais apporté à la fête étaient de trop ; la famille de notre hôte possédait une brasserie.
How many cars have you owned so far? Combien de voitures as-tu possédé jusqu'à présent ?
He owned up to his fault. Il avoua sa faute.
I was thrown out of the house with everything I owned. Je fus chassé de la maison avec tout ce que je possédais.
Just because a sentence is owned by a native speaker, it doesn't mean that it's natural or that it's an example of modern daily usage. Ce n'est pas parce qu'une phrase est détenue par un locuteur natif que ça signifie qu'elle est naturelle ou que c'est un exemple de l'usage courant moderne.
He lost everything he owned. Il perdit tout ce qu'il possédait.
He acted like he owned the place. Il s'est comporté comme s'il possédait l'endroit.
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