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

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John est un bon élève. John is a good student.
On a posé à chaque élève une question. Every pupil was asked one question.
Il élève des poissons tropicaux. He is raising tropical fishes.
Étant donné notre inter-dépendance, tout ordre mondial qui élève une nation ou groupe de personnes au-dessus d'un autre échouera inévitablement. Alors quoi que nous pensions du passé, nous ne devons pas en être prisonniers. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it.
Êtes-vous professeur ici ou élève ? Are you a teacher here or a student?
Un enseignant ne devrait jamais se moquer d'un élève qui fait une faute. A teacher should never make fun of a pupil who makes a mistake.
Une marée montante élève tous les bateaux. A rising tide raises all boats.
Il n'est pas professeur, mais élève. He is not a teacher but a student.
Par exemple, si un enseignant lui-même gros fumeur avertit un élève des dangers de la cigarette, c'est comme s'il se contredisait. For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.
Cet élève leva la main pour poser une question. That student raised his hand to ask a question.
Chaque élève dispose de son propre pupitre. Each student has his own desk.
Dans sa ferme, il pratique l'agriculture et élève du bétail. He raises crops and cows on his farm.
On posa à chaque élève une question. Every student was asked one question.
Il est de loin le meilleur élève. He is by far the best student.
C'est un élève auquel mon père enseigne. That is a student whom my father teaches.
Pour autant que je sache, c'est un excellent élève. As far as I know, he's an excellent student.
Aucun autre élève dans la classe n'est aussi brillant que lui. No other student in the class is so brilliant as he is.
Elle étudie autant que n'importe quel autre élève de la classe. She studies as hard as any student in her class.
Il est aussi intelligent que n'importe quel élève dans la classe. He is as intelligent as any student in the class.
Aucun autre élève de la classe n'est aussi génial que lui. No other student in the class is as brilliant as he is.
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