Usage examples of "prendre de mes nouvelles" in French with translation to English

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Je casse mes nouvelles chaussures. I'm breaking in my new shoes.

Un bon poulet rôti est un de mes plats favoris. A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.

Elle lui a conseillé de prendre de longues vacances. She advised him to take a long holiday.

Mon compagnon de chambrée, qui ne tient pas l'alcool, est rentré après la fête et a dégueulé partout sur mes nouvelles chaussures ! My roommate, who can't hold his liquor, came home after the party and barfed all over my new shoes!

Je me suis convaincu que les règles strictes de mes parents étaient pour mon propre bien. I got it through my head that my parent's strict rules were for my own benefit.

Ne voulez-vous pas prendre de gâteau ? Won't you have some cake?

Je le vis de mes propres yeux. I saw it with my own eyes.

Ne veux-tu pas prendre de gâteau ? Won't you have some cake?

J'ai rencontré un de mes vieux copains. I met an old friend of mine.

Il est facile de prendre de mauvaises habitudes. A bad habit is easily acquired.

Madame Smith, j'aimerais vous présenter un de mes amis, Pierre Dubois. Mrs. Smith, I'd like to introduce a friend of mine, Pierre Dubois.

Rien d'extraordinaire n'a jamais été réussi sans prendre de risques. Nothing great has been achieved by playing it safe.

J'ai rempli mon travail au mieux de mes capacités. I did the job to the best of my ability.

On ne peut pas prendre de photos dans le théâtre sans permission. You cannot take pictures in the theater without permission.

Il n'y a pas si longtemps, nous entendîmes un père, dire en présence de sa famille étendue : « Je veux qu'aucun de mes garçons ne soit avocat. » Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."

Prenons notre temps. Je n'aime pas prendre de risque. Let's start in plenty of time. I don't like to take risks.

Tu as fait de mes rêves devenir réalité. You have made all my dreams come true.

J'ai essayé en vain de le prendre de court. I tried in vain to catch him out.

C'est la fille de mes rêves. She's the girl of my dreams.

Elle lui a recommandé de prendre de longues vacances, il a donc quitté immédiatement le travail et est parti en voyage autour du monde. She advised him to take a long holiday, so he immediately quit work and took a trip around the world.

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