Usage examples of "ont tendance" in French with translation to English

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Les garçons ont tendance à regarder de haut leurs jeunes sœurs. Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters.
Les parents américains ont tendance à parler en bien de leurs enfants en public. American parents are willing to say good things about their children in public.
Les philosophes ont tendance à avoir peu de contact avec le monde extérieur. Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world.
Les étrangers ont tendance à trouver les plafonds japonnais plutôt bas. In Japan the ceilings are quite low for foreigners.
Les jeunes gens ont tendance à aller trop loin. Young people tend to take things too far.
Les riches ont tendance à mépriser les pauvres. The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
Les enfants ont tendance à négliger la lecture à cause de la télévision. Thanks to television, boys and girls are apt to neglect reading books.
Les garçons ont tendance à mépriser leurs jeunes sœurs. Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters.
Une des différences les plus importantes entre les Américains et les Japonais est que les Japonais ont tendance à choisir une vie sans danger, alors que les Américains explorent la vie et la défient. One of the important differences between Japanese and Americans is that Japanese tend to choose a safe course in life, while Americans choose to explore and challenge life.
Les personnes rousses ont tendance à avoir des taches de rousseur. Red-haired people tend to have freckles.
Les Japonais ont tendance à penser de cette façon. Japanese people tend to think that way.
De nombreux Étasuniens ne sont pas à l'aise avec le silence, et ils ont tendance à considérer le silence dans une conversation comme un signal indiquant qu'ils doivent commencer à parler. Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
Les jeunes gens ont tendance à aller aux extrêmes. Young people are apt to go to extremes.
Les traducteurs ont souvent tendance - consciemment ou pas - à « expliquer » un texte, à le rendre plus logique que l'original. Translators often tend, consciously or not, to "explain" a text by making it more logical than the original.
Des drapeaux ont été hissés au bord des toits des maisons. Flags had been hoisted on the eaves of houses.
Il a tendance à oublier. He is apt to forget.
Des avancées rapides et remarquables ont été réalisées dans la médecine. Rapid and remarkable advances have been made in medicine.
Il a tendance à se fâcher si tu lui poses beaucoup de questions. He tends to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.
Ils ont répondu à mes questions avec difficulté. They answered my questions with difficulty.
Nous avons tendance à juger tout le monde par nous-même. We are prone to judge every one by ourselves.
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