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

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Votre réponse est au point. Your answer is to the point.
Ce n'est pas mon point fort. That is not my line.
Pour passer d'une phrase à l'autre, Tom tendait son bras. Mary le saisissait fermement et sautait par-dessus le point en évitant de tomber dans l'espace. In order to cross from one sentence to the other, Tom was stretching out his arm. Mary clinged firmly on to it and jumped over the dot, avoiding to fall in the space.
Le point final à la fin de la phrase est manquant. The full stop is missing at the end of the sentence.
Le coureur a atteint le point de mi-parcours. The runner had reached the halfway mark.
Un point à temps en vaut cent A stitch in time saves nine
Les mathématiques sont son point faible. Mathematics is her weak point.
Ne parle point de cet homme odieux. Pray do not talk of that odious man.
Les opinions varient sur ce point. Opinions vary on this point.
Je ne suis pas saoul à ce point. I'm not all that drunk.
Le chant est son point fort. Singing is her strong point.
Même étant riche, elle n'est point heureuse. Rich as she is, she is not happy.
Il a clairement énoncé ce point. He clearly stated that point.
Ce n'est point ma mère, mais ma soeur. She is not my mother but rather my oldest sister.
Elle était sur le point de partir. She was on the point of leaving.
Même avec toute sa richesse, il n'est point heureux. With all his wealth, he is not happy.
Elle a expliqué son point de vue. She made her point.
Il n'y a point de réponse à votre question. There is not an answer for your question.
Il a été explicite sur ce point. He was explicit on the point.
Je n'y vais pas, un point c'est tout. I'm not going, and that's that.
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