Usage examples of "faux pli" in French with translation to English

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Il n'y a pas d'intérêt à discuter de ce qui est vrai et ce qui est faux. There's no point arguing about what's true and what's false.
Cela ne fait pas un pli There's no doubt about it
Nous considérâmes ce rapport comme faux. We considered the report as false.
Ça ne fait pas un pli There's no doubt about it
Je ne veux pas générer de faux espoirs. I don't want to raise false hopes.
La manière la plus perfide de nuire à une cause consiste à la défendre délibérément avec de faux arguments. The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Ce qu'elle a dit est faux. What she said is wrong.
C'est faux ! La fonction est bijective ! That's wrong! The function is bijective!
Nous avons considéré ce rapport comme étant faux. We hadn't credited this report.
Je m'excuse d'indiquer que votre calcul est faux. I beg to point out that your calculation is wrong.
Ça ce n'est pas totalement faux. That is not altogether false.
Qui a dit ça ? C'est complètement faux ! Who said that? It's totally wrong!
Tout bien considéré, nous ne pouvons pas dire que c'est faux. All things considered, we cannot say that it is wrong.
Les témoins ont pu réfuter le faux témoignage du suspect. The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.
« Tu en pinces pour cette fille. » « Non, c'est faux ! » 'You've got a crush on this girl.' 'No, I don't!'
Il est faux que l'égalité soit une loi de la nature. La nature n'a rien fait d'égal, sa loi souveraine est la subordination et la dépendance. It's not true that equality is a law of nature; nature makes nothing equal - her sovereign laws are subordination and dependence.
Le futur pilote s'entraîne dans un faux cockpit. The future pilot is trained in a mock cockpit.
Vous avez du toupet de m'attirer ici sous de faux prétextes. You've got a lot of nerve bringing me here under false pretenses.
Ça ce n'est pas entièrement faux. That is not altogether false.
C'est complètement faux. That's altogether wrong.
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