Usage examples of "mettre au point" in French with translation to English

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Es-tu prêt à le mettre au port ? Are you ready to put it in?
Ce travail est simple au point que même une enfant peut l'accomplir. This work is simple enough that even a child can do it.
Allons, Jacques, c'est Noël. Tu dois te mettre au diapason des choses. Come on Jack, it's Christmas. You've got to get into the spirit of things.
Le sifflet du train à vapeur nous réveilla au point du jour. The whistle of the steam train woke us at daybreak.
Laisse-moi te mettre au fait. Let me bring you up to speed.
Un bon livre peut totalement absorber votre attention, au point d'oublier votre environnement et même votre existence. A good book can completely absorb your attention, to the extent that you forget your surroundings and even your existence.
Je venais de me mettre au lit quand le téléphone commença à sonner. I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.
Les choses en sont venues au point que je dus me cacher du propriétaire. It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
Le médecin m'a recommandé de me mettre au régime. The doctor instructed me to go on a diet.
Les technologies de chiffrement ont avancé au point d'être plutôt fiables. Encryption technology has advanced to the point where it's pretty reliable.
Laisse-moi te mettre au courant. Let me bring you up to speed.
Ce problème n'est pas si difficile au point de ne pas pouvoir le résoudre. This problem is not so difficult that you can't solve it.
Je pense qu'il est temps que je réfléchisse à me mettre au régime. I think it's time for me to consider going on a diet.
Nous fûmes éveillés, au point du jour, par le sifflement d'un train. We were roused at daybreak by the whistle of a train.
Pour une raison ou une autre je n'arrive pas à me mettre au travail. For some reason or other I cannot bring myself to work.
Elle n'est pas bête au point de se disputer avec lui. She knows better than to argue with him.
Si tu te trouves piégé par un ours dans la forêt, ta meilleure option est de te mettre au sol et de faire le mort. If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
Il est idiot au point de croire ça ? Is he so foolish as to believe that?
Si tu te trouves piégée par un ours dans la forêt, ta meilleure option est de te mettre au sol et de faire la morte. If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
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