Usage examples of "grand écrivain" in French with translation to English

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Je le tiens pour un grand écrivain. I consider him a great writer.
Je pense que c'est un grand écrivain. I think he's a great writer.
Il eut l'honneur d'être présenté à un grand écrivain. He had the honor of being presented to a great writer.
Il a un grand bureau dans sa petite pièce. He has a large desk in his small room.
On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases. One becomes a good writer just as one becomes a good carpenter: by planing down one's sentences.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Ce roman a été écrit par un célèbre écrivain américain. This novel was written by a famous American writer.
Les besoins du plus grand nombre l'emportent sur les nécessités du plus petit. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Milan Kundera est mon écrivain préféré. Milan Kundera is my favourite writer.
Pendant le Grand Jeu, l'Afghanistan était un État tampon. During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
On dirait un sportif, mais il est écrivain. He looks like a sportsman, but he is a writer.
Je pense que c'est trop grand. I think that it's too big.
Un écrivain est quelqu'un pour lequel écrire est plus difficile qu'aux autres. A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
La valeur des livres était telle qu'on en prenait le plus grand soin. So valuable were books that the greatest care was taken of them.
C'est un bon écrivain. He is a good writer.
Elle lui a envoyé un grand sourire. She gave him a big smile.
Roger Vercel, de son vrai nom Roger Crétin, est un écrivain français. Roger Vercel, whose true name is Roger Crétin, is a French writer.
Un jour je peindrai un grand tableau. Some day I'll paint a great picture.
En plus d'être chirurgien, il était aussi un écrivain célèbre. Besides being a surgeon, he was a famous writer.
Il est plus grand que tout autre garçon de sa classe. He is taller than any other boy in his class.
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