Usage examples of "perdre contenance" in French with translation to English

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Dans cette taverne, on peut commander des bières jusqu'à une contenance d'un litre. At this beer hall, you can order beers up to one litre in size.
Il n'y a pas de honte à perdre contre un tel adversaire. There's no shame in losing to such a great player.
Il lui a conseillé de perdre du poids. She was advised by him to lose weight.
Tu ne peux pas perdre. You cannot lose.
J'imagine que je n'ai rien à perdre. I guess I have nothing to lose.
Hum. J'ai le sentiment que je vais me perdre quelle que soit la route que je prenne. Hmm. I have a feeling I'm going to get lost whichever road I take.
Je peux facilement arrêter le chocolat pour perdre du poids. I can easily give up chocolate to lose weight.
Je ne veux pas courir le risque de le perdre. I don't want to risk losing it.
Soudainement, je vis deux silhouettes : l'une d'un petit homme qui marchait d'un bon pas lourd en direction de l'est et l'autre d'une fille de peut-être huit ou dix ans qui courait à perdre haleine au long d'une rue de traverse. All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
La compagnie a arrêté de perdre de l'argent. The company stopped losing money.
Elle lui conseilla de perdre du poids. She advised him to lose weight.
Je me suis sauvé sans rien dire puisque je ne voulais pas perdre notre amour. I ran away without saying anything because I didn't want to lose our love.
Elle lui a conseillé de perdre du poids. She advised him to lose weight.
Je ne veux pas perdre mes idées, même si certaines d'entre elles sont un peu extrêmes. I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
Il lui conseilla de perdre du poids. She was advised by him to lose weight.
Je pense qu'il est temps pour moi de perdre du poids. I think it's time for me to lose some weight.
Dépêchons-nous afin de ne pas perdre de temps. Let's hurry so as not to waste time.
Il y a des gens qui n'ont de leur fortune que la crainte de la perdre. There are people who get nothing from their fortune except fear of losing it.
La nouvelle du scandale fit perdre la face au politicien. News of the scandal caused the politician to lose face.
Je ne veux pas perdre ce match. I don't want to lose this match.
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