Usage examples of "faire référence" in French with translation to English

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Elle fait référence à Nostradamus sous le nom mièvre de « Nostro ». She refers to Nostradamus with the rather cloying nickname "Nosty".
Au cours de notre conversation, il fit référence à sa jeunesse. In the course of our conversation, he referred to his youth.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Je n'ai aucun bon livre de référence sous la main. I don't have a good reference book to hand.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
Perry se trompe en pensant que la théorie d'Emmet a été construite sans référence à la physique de Newton. Perry is mistaken in thinking that Emmet's theory was constructed without reference to Newtonian physics.
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
Elle y a fait référence dans son journal. She wrote about it in her diary.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Il a fait référence à mon livre. He made reference to my book.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
Cette référence est précieuse pour ma recherche. This reference is valuable for my research.
Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.
En langage C, il y a deux moyens de passer des paramètres à une fonction : soit par valeur, soit par référence. In C language, There are two ways to pass parameters to a function: to pass by value and to pass by reference.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.
Faire une nuit blanche n'est jamais aussi productif qu'il apparaît. All-nighters are never as productive as they seem.
Comment pouvez-vous rester là à ne rien faire pendant que vos compatriotes sont massacrés ? How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered?
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