Usage examples of "peu à peu" in French with translation to English

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Les jours raccourcissent peu à peu. The days are gradually shortening.
Peu à peu je commençais à comprendre le sens profond de ses paroles. Gradually the true meaning of what he said began to dawn on me.
Au début, je n'aimais pas le ballet, mais peu à peu je me suis mis à l'aimer. At first I didn't like ballet, but I've come to like it by degrees.
La science, mon garçon, est faite d’erreurs, mais d’erreurs qu’il est bon de commettre, car elles mènent peu à peu à la vérité. Science, my lad, is made out of errors, but of good ones, for they bring you step by step closer to the truth.
Elle était un peu à cran ces derniers temps. She's been feeling a little on edge recently.
Un litre de lait contient à peu près trente grammes de protéines. A liter of milk contains about thirty grams of protein.
Il a échappé de peu à la mort. He narrowly escaped death.
Ma note à l'examen d'anglais était à peu près à la moyenne de la classe. My mark in the English examination was about the class average.
Tu es prévenant, mais ne penses-tu pas que tu pourrais travailler un peu à comprendre les subtilités de l'âme humaine ? You're considerate, but don't you think you should work a little more at understanding the subtleties of the human mind?
Le ballon de rugby a à peu près une forme d'œuf. The rugby ball is shaped something like an egg.
Je suis un peu à court d'argent en ce moment. I'm a bit short of money now.
Attendez jusqu'à 5 heures, je vous prie, c'est à peu près l'heure à laquelle il est de retour. Please wait till five, when he will back.
La langue italienne meurt un petit peu à chaque fois qu'un anglophone commande « un panini ». The Italian language dies a little every time an anglophone orders "a panini".
C'était à peu près 20 dollars. It was about twenty dollars.
Tu as peu à gagner et beaucoup à perdre. You have little to gain and much to lose.
Il y avait autrefois une cabane à peu près ici. There used to be a hut about here.
Ta position est peut-être un peu à coté de la cible, mais tout de même proche. Your point may be a little off target, but it certainly is close.
Elle est à peu près de la même taille que toi. She's about the same height as you.
Vous avez peu à gagner et beaucoup à perdre. You have little to gain and much to lose.
À peu près tous les étudiants aiment l'anglais. Almost all the students like English.
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