Usage examples of "dumb" in English with translation to French

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He remained dumb during this discussion. Il est resté muet au cours de cette discussion.
He is too dumb to fear danger. Il est trop stupide pour craindre le danger.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb. Helen Keller était aveugle, sourde et muette.
In other words, she's dumb. En d'autres termes, elle est bête.
We were struck dumb with astonishment. Nous étions sans voix d'étonnement.
The world is full of dumb people. Le monde est plein d’idiots.
The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him. Moins le blanc est intelligent, plus le noir lui paraît bête.
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself. Je suis trop bête... J'essaie de t'expliquer des choses que je ne comprends pas moi-même.
He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb. Il fut fatigué d'être l'avocat du diable et maintenant accepte chaque idée qu'ils proposent, peu importe qu'elle soit idiote.
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