Translation of "Sleight" in French

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Examples of using "Sleight" in a sentence and their french translations:

He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.

Il tenta de dissimuler son ineptie dans un tour de passe-passe pas très adroit.

"Him on Idalia, lulled into a dream, / will I secrete, or on the sacred height / of lone Cythera, lest he learn the scheme, / or by his sudden presence mar the sleight."

" Dans Chypre ou dans Cythère, au fond d'un bois sacré, / des vapeurs du sommeil mollement enivré, / je vais le déposer et le cacher moi-même, / pour qu'il ne trouble point notre heureux stratagème. "

- All you need is a little legerdemain in your accounting to make people think your company is profitable.
- All you need is a little sleight of hand in your accounting to make people think your company is profitable.

Il te suffit d'opérer un petit tour de passe-passe comptable pour faire croire aux gens que ton entreprise est rentable.

"Take thou his likeness, only for a night, / and wear the boyish features that are thine; / and when the queen, in rapture of delight, / amid the royal banquet and the wine, / shall lock thee in her arms, and press her lips to thine, / then steal into her bosom, and inspire / through all her veins with unsuspected sleight / the poisoned sting of passion and desire."

" Et toi, pour cette nuit, quittant tes traits divins, / enfant ainsi que lui, prends ses traits enfantins ; / et lorsque, dans le feu d'une fête brillante, / qu'échauffera du vin la vapeur enivrante, / Didon va t'imprimer des baisers pleins d'ardeur, / mon fils, glisse en secret ton poison dans son cœur. "