Usage examples of "point commun" in French with translation to English

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Mettons les choses au point. Vous et moi ne sommes pas amis. Nous sommes alliés contre un ennemi commun. Let's get one thing straight. You and I are not friends. We're allies against a common enemy.
On devra prendre un soin spécial sur ce point. Special care should be taken on this point.
Tom et moi n'avons rien en commun. Tom and I have nothing in common.
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
Ces deux-là n'ont pas grand-chose en commun. These two have very little in common.
Ce travail est simple au point que même une enfant peut l'accomplir. This work is simple enough that even a child can do it.
Cet hôtel est bien situé en ce qui concerne les transports en commun. This hotel is conveniently located in terms of public transportation.
Il met un point d'honneur à faire dix pompes avant d'aller se coucher. He makes a point of doing ten push-ups before going to bed.
Marie manque de sens commun. Mary is in want of common sense.
Fais juste ce que tu as à faire, un point c'est tout. Just do what you have to do, no questions asked.
De nombreux chiens ont en commun la manie d'aboyer sur les inconnus. Barking at strangers is a habit common to many dogs.
Du point de vue de la santé, Tokyo n'est pas tellement un bon endroit pour vivre. From the viewpoint of health, Tokyo is not such a good place to live.
Ces temps derniers, Israël et l'Iran ont vraiment très peu de choses en commun, mais l'espéranto en fait partie. Recently, Israel and Iran have very few things in common, but Esperanto is one of them.
La maison était sur le point de s'effondrer. The house was on the verge of collapse.
Il commença à croire que quelques amis en commun l'avait calomnié. He began to think that some mutual friend had been slandering him.
Je suis sur le point de partir. I'm about to leave.
Ils savaient qu'ils devaient combattre ensemble pour défaire l'ennemi commun. They knew they must fight together to defeat the common enemy.
Il est sur le point de partir au Canada. He is on the point of leaving for Canada.
Le mariage est pour les femmes l'état le plus commun, et la quantité de relations sexuelles non-sollicitées subies par les femmes est probablement plus grande à l'intérieur du mariage que dans la prostitution. Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
Toute cette affaire pue au plus haut point. This whole affair stinks to high heaven.
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