Usage examples of "edge of the backboard" in English with translation to French

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Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary. Tom, désespéré, hurla : « Mary ! Où es-tu ? » depuis l'extrémité gauche de la phrase. « Je crains de n'être désormais totalement à l'opposé de toi », répondit sèchement Mary.
Tom, alone, bent over the left edge of the sentence, was hesitating to jump, to put an end to all this story. Tom, seul, penché au bord gauche de la phrase, hésitait à sauter, pour en finir avec toute cette histoire.
When the farmer drops dead off the tractor, then at the edge of the forest, there must be a reactor. Lorsque le fermier tombe raide mort de son tracteur, ça veut dire qu'il doit y avoir un réacteur à l'orée du bois.
He sat at the edge of the stream. Il s'est assis au bord du ruisseau.
The top spun perilously close to the edge of the table. La toupie tournait dangereusement près du bord de la table.
He stood on the edge of the cliff. Il se tenait au bord de la falaise.
He chipped the edge of the tea cup. Il ébrécha le bord de la tasse à thé.
Tom and Mary were on the verge of diving, off the left edge of the sentence, in the infinite corpus, when they spotted underneath a shoal of hungry contributors, teeth out, ready to jump on them and shred their mistakes down to the last one. Tom et Mary s'apprêtaient à plonger, du bord gauche de la phrase, dans l'infini corpus, lorsqu'ils virent au-dessous un banc de contributeurs affamés, les dents dehors, prêts à leur sauter dessus et à déchiqueter leurs fautes jusqu'à la dernière.
I shouldn't have put my laptop so close to the edge of the table. Je n'aurais pas dû poser mon portable aussi près du bord de la table.
Don't put the glass near the edge of the table. Ne mets pas le verre au bord de la table.
This road will take you down to the edge of Lake Biwa. Cette route vous amène au bord du lac Biwa.
Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world." Lorsqu'on lui demanda de quel pays il venait, il répondit: "Je suis citoyen du monde."
As was unusual for me, I got tired quickly and I sat down on the edge of a rock. Étrangement, je me fatiguai rapidement et m'assis sur le bord d'un rocher.
The greater part of the guests were foreigners. La plupart des invités étaient des étrangers.
She almost took him to the edge of bankruptcy. Elle l'a presque mené au bord de la banqueroute.
By chance we saw him as he came out of the shop. Par chance, on l'a vu en train de sortir du magasin.
My pencil fell off the edge of my desk. Mon crayon est tombé du coin de mon bureau.
To my chief strategist, David Axelrod, who's been a partner with me every step of the way. To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics! You made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done. À mon stratège en chef, David Axelrod, qui a été un partenaire avec moi à chaque pas du chemin. À la meilleure équipe de campagne jamais assemblée dans l'histoire de la politique ! Vous l'avez accompli, et je suis pour toujours redevable pour ce que vous avez sacrifié pour le faire.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week. Si mon avion ne s'écrase pas, si je ne me fais pas enlever par des voleurs d'organes, je vous passe un coup de fil en début de semaine.
From the look of the sky, the typhoon will probably be raging in all its fury about this time tomorrow. Vu l'état du ciel, le typhon se sera complètement déchaîné demain à cette heure.
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