Usage examples of "dame de petite vertu" in French with translation to English

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Et je ne me tiendrais pas ici ce soir sans le soutien inflexible de ma meilleure amie depuis les derniers 16 ans, la pierre angulaire de notre famille, l'amour de ma vie, la Première Dame de la nation, Michelle Obama. And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.
Un gratte-ciel est-il un objet de grande taille lointain ou un objet de petite taille vu de près ? Is a skyscraper a big thing far away or a small thing close up?
Je ne porte pas de petite culotte. I am not wearing any underwear.
Elle était, contrairement à sa fille, de petite taille et son corps était gras sur les côtés. C'est comme si une tête humaine avait été attachée sur le corps d'un cochon. She was, unlike her daughter, of small stature and her body was fat on the sides. It was as if a human head had been fitted unto the body of a pig.
Je ne suis pas un nain. Je suis une personne de petite taille ! I'm not a midget. I'm a dwarf!
Je n'ai pas de petite soeur. I don't have a younger sister.
Il n'a pas de petite amie. He has no girlfriend.
Une vieille dame nous a guidé à travers le château. An old lady guided us through the castle.
"Trente dollars, c'est beaucoup pour cette petite pièce", pensa-t-il. "Thirty dollars is a lot for that small room," he thought.
Il n'y a que les pauvres gens qui payent comptant. Ce n'est pas par vertu; c'est parce qu'on ne leur fait pas crédit. It is only the poor who pay cash. That's not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
La dame obèse tenait un singe dans ses mains. The fat woman was holding a monkey.
Il a un grand bureau dans sa petite pièce. He has a large desk in his small room.
L'honnêteté est une vertu. Honesty is a virtue.
J'ai laissé ma place à la vieille dame. I gave my seat to the old lady.
Ma sœur est plus petite que toi. My sister is shorter than you.
Ses enseignements sont contenus dans le Livre de la Voie et de la Vertu, un livre profond que les taoïstes considèrent comme l'autorité suprême en matière de religion. His teachings are incorporated in a profound book Daode Jing which Taoists regard as the final authority and doctrines of the religion.
Il aida la dame à monter dans la voiture. He helped the lady into the car.
Je crois que je devrais organiser une petite fête. I think that I should organize a little party.
La sincérité est une grande vertu. Honesty is a capital virtue.
Une vieille dame traverse la route. An old woman is walking across the road.
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