Nous avons frôlé la guerre, aujourd'hui.
The war came close today.
Nous avons frôlé la catastrophe, comme jamais auparavant dans notre vie ou notre mémoire.
This was the closest brush with disaster, in our lifetime and in our memory.
Toi et moi, nous nous trouvions aussi au P.C. quand nous avons frôlé la guerre nucléaire pendant la crise d’Octobre 1962.
You and I were also together at the command post during the Missile Crisis of 1962, when we were on the brink of a nuclear war.
Il y avait les bruits de rue auxquels on peut s'attendre en centre-ville, donc ce n'est que la première nuit que nous avons frôlé la catastrophe.
There were the street noises that you expect in Centre Ville, so it was just that first night that was a near disaster.
Mesdames, messieurs... nous avons frôlé la guerre.
Gentlemen, ladies... we came dangerously close to war today.
Nous avons frôlé le grand feu d'artifice.
I guess we came pretty close to glowing in the dark.
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