Usage examples of "coquille saint-jacques" in French with translation to English

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Il est sorti de sa coquille. He has come out of his shell.
Chacun sait que ce n'est pas un saint. En le défendant, nous accepterions et encouragerions ses points de vue. Everyone knows that he's no saint. By defending him, we'd be accepting and encouraging his views.
C'était la fenêtre que Jacques avait cassée la veille. It was the window that Jack broke yesterday.
Tatoeba : là où rien ne ruine autant une nuit passionnée de création de phrases qu'une virgule mal placée ou, pire encore, une coquille d'inattention. Tatoeba: Where nothing ruins a passionate night of sentence-making like a poorly placed comma or, even worse, a careless typo.
Je ne peux pas dire que M. Kelly ait vécu une vie de saint. I can't say that Mr. Kelly has lived a saint's life.
Allons, Jacques, c'est Noël. Tu dois te mettre au diapason des choses. Come on Jack, it's Christmas. You've got to get into the spirit of things.
La coquille d'un œuf se casse facilement. The shell of an egg is easily broken.
Il ne serait pas exagéré d'affirmer que saint Augustin eut une influence non seulement sur la religion chrétienne, mais aussi sur l'ensemble de la pensée occidentale. It would not be an exaggeration say that Augustine's thought had an influence not only on Christianity but on the whole of Western thought.
Jacques est soit à Londres ou à Paris en ce moment. Jack is now either in London or Paris.
C'est un saint. He is a saint of a man.
Mon frère Jacques a quatorze ans. My brother Jacques is fourteen years old.
S'il est permis de rire, il est très malhonnête d'éclater ou de prolonger le rire au-delà des justes bornes d'une honnête modération; l'Esprit Saint nous apprend que c'est le propre de l'insensé d'élever la voix en riant. While laughing is allowed, it is most dishonest to laugh out loud or to extend one's laughter beyond the limits of a just moderation; the Holy Ghost teaches us that it is the character of a madman to raise one's voice while laughing.
Jacques est l'un de mes amis. Jack is one of my friends.
Le Saint Empire Romain s'éteignit en 1806. The Holy Roman Empire came to an end in the year 1806.
Jacques décida d'annuler les réservations. Jack decided to cancel the reservations.
Un jour, Christophe Colomb trouva le Saint Graal mais le jeta parce qu'il n'en aimait pas la couleur. Christopher Columbus once found the Holy Grail but threw it out because he didn't like the color.
Jacques est un nom belge. Jacques is a Belgian name.
Au Mexique, la plupart des villages ont un saint patron dont le jour de fête est célébré en grande fanfare. In Mexico, most small towns have a patron saint whose feast day is celebrated with great fanfare.
Elle a dit qu'elle visiterait Jacques avec ses sœurs. She said that she would visit Jack with her sisters.
Plusieurs personnes visitèrent le sanctuaire où le saint était enterré. Many people visited the shrine where the saint lay buried.
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