faillir

J'étais là le jour où les Hommes faillirent.
I was there the day the strength of Men failed.
Ils étaient si curieux et si aventureux qu'ils faillirent perdre la vie en de nombreuses occasions avant d'avoir huit ans.
They were so curious and adventurous that they nearly lost their lives on numerous occasions before they were eight years old.
Ils étaient si curieux et si aventureux qu’ils faillirent perdre la vie en de nombreuses occasions avant d’avoir huit ans.
They were so curious and adventurous that they nearly lost their lives on numerous occasions before they were eight years old.
Mes yeux faillirent sortir de leurs orbites, et je suai quelques sceaux de sueurs froides avant de déglutir avec difficulté et de regarder les deux personnes souriantes.
My eyes popped and I sweated a few buckets of cold sweat before I swallowed with difficulty and looked at the two grinning people.
La première fois, l'expédition n'eut pas de succès, car dans le port irlandais de Barchavan, les marins de Saint Sébastien faillirent s'emparer de leur proie, mais ils eurent peur des Irlandais et s'en retournèrent.
The first year of the expedition brought no results, because the people from Donostia-San Sebastian in the Irish port of Berchavan who virtually had their prey in their hands, were fightened off by the Irish and came home.
Selon Appien, la bataille entre les légions de Gellius et les hommes de Crixus près du Mont Garganus fut le début d’une série longue et complexe de manœuvres militaires qui faillirent provoquer un assaut direct des forces de Spartacus sur la ville de Rome.
According to Appian, the battle between Gellius' legions and Crixus' men near Mount Garganus was the beginning of a long and complex series of military maneuvers that almost resulted in the Spartacan forces directly assaulting the city of Rome itself.
Le navire fit une embardée parmi les fortes vagues qui faillirent le faire couler.
The ship made a roll among the strong waves that almost made it sink.
Notre bateau prolongeait à une distance de quelques milles ce redoutable banc sur lequel les navires de Cook faillirent se perdre, le 10 juin 1770.
Our boat cruised along a few miles away from that daunting shoal where Captain Cook's ships wellnigh miscarried on June 10, 1770.
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