Il désespérait de pouvoir la faire sortir.
He was desperate to get her out.
Pendant qu'il se désespérait ?
While he was sulking over you?
Mais c'est alors qu'il désespérait et que son œuvre semblait menacée d'insuccès qu'il reçut la plus précieuse leçon de sa vie.
But it was when hope was gone and his lifework seemed threatened with defeat, that he learned one of the most precious lessons of his life.
J’étais assez confiant quant à ma compréhension de l’anglais mais j’étais encore faible en expression orale, ce qui me désespérait un peu.
I was rather confident in the English comprehension but I was weak in conversation, so I was really desperate.
Je désesperait tant d'avoir les experts avec moi que je suis allé trop loin, et j'en suis désolé.
I was just so desperate to get the experts on board that I went too far and I'm very sorry.
Cela ne me désespérait aucunement, si longtemps que j'attendais.
Summer wasn't a problem, since I had waited for years.
De fait, à l’Hôpital Provincial du Tsholotsho, il y a eu un nombre de morts pendant les opérations, à cause d’un manque de machines d’anesthésie, ce qui désespérait les médecins de cet hôpital.
In fact, at the Tsholotsho Provincial Hospital, there had been a number of deaths during surgery due to the lack of anesthesia machines; the doctors at this hospital were desperate for help in this regard.
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