one after another

l’un après l’autre, successivement

Séparément et dans l’ordre, chaque personne, chose ou événement venant après le précédent.

En anglais simple : Separately and in order, with each person, thing, or event following the previous one.

• The guests arrived one after another.
• She opened the letters one after another.
• One after another, the students stood up and introduced themselves.

Synonymes : one by one, in turn, successively

Contraires : simultaneously

Expressions courantes : arrive one after another, speak one after another, one after another came

sans répit, sans arrêt

De façon répétée, avec très peu de pauses ou aucune, ce qui rend souvent la situation difficile.

En anglais simple : Repeatedly, with little or no pause, often making a situation difficult.

• Problems came one after another.
• She faced setbacks one after another all year.
• One after another, fresh crises kept the exhausted staff at work.

Synonymes : relentlessly, incessantly, nonstop

Expressions courantes : problems one after another, setbacks one after another

en file indienne

Sur une seule ligne, chaque personne ou chose se trouvant derrière une autre.

En anglais simple : In a line, with each person or thing behind the next.

• We walked one after another along the path.
• The children passed one after another through the narrow doorway.
• The horses moved one after another along the ridge.

Synonymes : in single file

Contraires : side by side

Expressions courantes : walk one after another, follow one after another