Usage examples of "point out" in English with translation to French

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Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article. Excusez-moi, permettez-moi de signaler trois erreurs dans l'article ci-dessus.

Please point out my mistake. Veuillez me montrer où j'ai commis une faute.

A woman can fail to notice a hundred things you did right, and point out only the one thing you haven't done right. Une femme est capable de ne pas remarquer la centaine de choses que vous avez bien faites, et de ne pointer que celle que vous n'avez pas bien faite.

I was abashed when my mistakes were pointed out. Je fus pris de honte quand on signala mon erreur.

He frankly pointed out my faults. Il m'a montré mes fautes avec franchise.

The teacher pointed out the grammatical errors made by the students. L'enseignant fit remarquer les fautes grammaticales commises par les étudiants.

I beg to point out that your calculation is wrong. Je m'excuse d'indiquer que votre calcul est faux.

She was on the point of going out. Elle était sur le point de sortir.

From the practical point of view, his plan is not easy to carry out. D'un point de vue pratique, son plan n'est pas facile à mettre en oeuvre.

He'll be out at lunch now, so there's no point phoning straight away. Il sera sans doute sorti déjeuner, à l'heure qu'il est, il est donc inutile d'appeler tout de suite.

The greater the genius, the longer it takes the world to find it out and understand it. Cela prendra d'autant plus de temps au monde de trouver et de comprendre un homme, que son génie est grand.

That's the point. C'est l'idée.

Jane is out shopping. Jane est sortie faire du shopping.

He seems to have missed the point. Il semble qu'il n'ait pas tout saisi.

By chance we saw him as he came out of the shop. Par chance, on l'a vu en train de sortir du magasin.

She made her point. Elle a expliqué son point de vue.

Let me spell it out for you. Laisse-moi te l'épeler.

This lake is deepest at this point. Le lac est le plus profond à cet endroit.

I cut the article out of the magazine. J'ai découpé l'article de ce magazine.

The point is they are too young. Le fait est qu'ils sont trop jeunes.

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