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Translation for 'to fail by a whisker' from English to French

	échouer d'un souffle `[loc.]`	to fail by a whisker `[Br.]` `[idiom]`
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	à un cheveu près `{adv}`	by a whisker
	d'un souffle `{adv}`	by a whisker `[Br.]`
	être battu d'un souffle `[loc.]`	to be beaten by a whisker `[Br.]` `[idiom]`
	échouer d'un souffle `[loc.]`	to fail by a hair `[Am.]` `[idiom]`
	armes passant `{m}` atteint d'une balle	passer-by hit by a bullet
	éduc. refuser un candidat `[à un examen]`	to fail a candidate
	de façon paradoxale `{adv}`	by a paradox
	miraculeusement `{adv}`	by a miracle
	en majorité `{adv}`	by a majority
	par miracle `{adv}`	as by a miracle
	respecter un engagement	to stand by a commitment
	avec une marge courte `{adv}`	by a narrow margin
	avec une marge confortable `{adv}`	by a comfortable margin
	avec une marge importante `{adv}`	by a wide margin
	d'un souffle `{adv}`	by a hair `[Am.]`
	sport gagner d'une courte tête	to win by a short head
	éduc. être professeur à l'origine	to be a teacher by nature
	mil. répliquer en lançant une bombe	to respond by dropping a bomb
	trafic faire un détour	to come by a roundabout way
	s'exprimer par un symbole	to be represented by a symbol

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Translation for 'to fail by a whisker' from English to French

to fail by a whisker [Br.] [idiom]: échouer d'un souffle [loc.]
by a whisker: à un cheveu près {adv}
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by a whisker [Br.]: d'un souffle {adv}
to be beaten by a whisker [Br.] [idiom]: être battu d'un souffle [loc.]
to fail by a hair [Am.] [idiom]: échouer d'un souffle [loc.]
passer-by hit by a bullet: passant {m} atteint d'une ballearmes
to fail a candidate: refuser un candidat [à un examen]éduc.
by a paradox: de façon paradoxale {adv}
by a miracle: miraculeusement {adv}
by a majority: en majorité {adv}
as by a miracle: par miracle {adv}
to stand by a commitment: respecter un engagement
by a narrow margin: avec une marge courte {adv}
by a comfortable margin: avec une marge confortable {adv}
by a wide margin: avec une marge importante {adv}
by a hair [Am.]: d'un souffle {adv}
to win by a short head: gagner d'une courte têtesport
to be a teacher by nature: être professeur à l'origineéduc.
to respond by dropping a bomb: répliquer en lançant une bombemil.
to come by a roundabout way: faire un détourtrafic
to be represented by a symbol: s'exprimer par un symbole

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