Usage examples of "curve ball" in English with translation to French

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He found a ball in the garden. Il a trouvé une balle dans le jardin.
This guy's great at pitching curve balls. Ce type est fort pour lancer des balles à trajectoire incurvée.
Please throw the ball. Lance la balle, s'il te plait.
A straight line is a trivial example of a curve. Une ligne droite est un cas particulier de courbe.
Sharapova's shots are very fast but...a fast ball means that it will come back that much faster. Les tirs de Sharapova sont très rapides mais... une balle rapide signifie qu'elle reviendra d'autant plus rapide.
Draw me the Pareto curve. Dessine-moi la courbe Pareto.
The soccer ball is round. Le ballon de football est rond.
Seeing as the curvature is smaller than unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back. Vu comme la courbure est inférieure à l'unité, une fois que la courbe quitte le cercle unité, elle n'y reviendra pas.
He hit a ball with the bat. Frappe la balle avec la batte.
At times I confuse curve with carve. Je confonds "curve" avec "carve" de temps en temps.
He threw the ball. Il lança la balle.
His car spun out of control going around the curve. Sa voiture se mit à tournoyer dans le virage.
The ball hit him on the left side of the head. La balle l'atteignit au côté gauche de la tête.
The old gypsy moved her hand over the crystal ball and, peering inside, beheld my future. La vieille gitane bougea sa main au-dessus de la boule de cristal et, scrutant à l'intérieur, vit mon avenir.
I shall try to take the ball without him noticing. Je vais essayer de prendre la balle sans qu'il s'en aperçoive.
The rugby ball is shaped something like an egg. Le ballon de rugby a à peu près une forme d'œuf.
He looked deeply into his crystal ball and predicted my future. Il regarda profondément dans sa boule de cristal et prédit mon avenir.
I asked the boy to throw the ball back. J'ai demandé au garçon de me renvoyer le ballon.
The Earth is like a ball with a large magnet inside. La Terre est comme une espèce de balle avec un grand aimant à l'intérieur.
He got the ball. Il a le ballon.
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