Usage examples of "dead end" in English with translation to French

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It's a dead end. C'est un cul-de-sac.
The road came to a dead end. La route aboutissait à une impasse.
Only the dead have seen the end of war. Seuls les morts ont vu la fin de la guerre.
I don't know whether he is dead or alive. Je ne sais pas s'il est mort ou vivant.
Oh yeah? Wanna play this game? Don't get me started or it could all end up badly. Ah ouais ? Tu veux jouer à ça ? Commence pas à me chauffer ça pourrait mal se finir !
His toupee looks like a dead cat. Son postiche ressemble à un chat mort.
At the end of the speech she repeated the word. À la fin du discours elle répéta le mot.
My father has been dead for ten years. Cela fait dix ans que mon père est mort.
Don't get so irritated. Rushing things will cost you more time in the end. Ne t'agace pas comme cela. Se précipiter te fera perdre du temps en fin de compte.
Tom was found dead in his room. On a trouvé Tom mort dans sa chambre.
Before Einstein, scientists used to think that space had no end. Avant Einstein, les scientifiques pensaient que l'espace n'avait pas de fin.
If it wasn't for modern medicine, I'd be dead right now. Si ce n'était pour la médecine moderne, je serais mort à l'heure qu'il est.
He stood at the end of the line. Il se tenait au bout de la queue.
Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from this place to another. La mort est une de ces deux choses. Soit, c'est l'annihilation et les morts n'ont conscience de rien ; ou, comme on nous dit, c'est un changement : une migration de l'âme d'ici vers ailleurs.
Tell us the story from beginning to end. Raconte-nous l’histoire du début à la fin.
She is dead to pity. Elle est inaccessible à la pitié.
In everything, one should consider the end. En toute chose, il faut considérer la fin.
Our gods are dead. Nos dieux sont morts.
Tom was wondering what it was that dragged her so, towards the end of all sentences and thought: "Come to me, Mary!" Tom se demandait ce qui l'attirait tant à la fin de toutes les phrases et pensait : « Reviens vers moi, Mary ! »
Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd. Quatre ou cinq stylos dans sa poche de chemise, ça trahit bien un binoclard.
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