Usage examples of "quelque chose de" in French with translation to English

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Un intellectuel est quelqu'un qui dit quelque chose de simple d'une manière compliquée; un artiste est quelqu'un qui dit quelque chose de compliqué d'une manière simple. An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.
Je voudrais quelque chose de léger. I'd like something light.
Être toujours honnête n'est pas quelque chose de simple. Always being honest is no easy thing.
Je veux quelque chose de sucré. I want something sweet.
Chaque fois que je vois Mary, j'apprends d'elle quelque chose de nouveau et d'important. Each time I see Mary, I learn something new and important from her.
Je me suis rendu à la salle de gym depuis six mois maintenant, mais je dois faire quelque chose de travers, parce que je ne vois aucune amélioration. I've been going to the gym for six months now but I must be doing something wrong because I still don't see any improvement.
Joue quelque chose de Chopin pour moi, s'il te plait. Please play something by Chopin for me.
Demandez-moi quelque chose de plus simple. Ask me something easier.
Quelque chose de néfaste va arriver. Something bad's going to happen.
N'avez-vous pas quelque chose de plus petit que ça ? Do not you have anything smaller than this?
Et ce sont ici les signes qui accompagneront ceux qui auront cru : en mon nom ils chasseront les démons ; ils parleront de nouvelles langues ; ils prendront des serpents ; et quand ils auront bu quelque chose de mortel, cela ne leur nuira point ; ils imposeront les mains aux infirmes, et ceux-ci se porteront bien. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover!
Laissez-moi vous montrer quelque chose de vraiment super. Let me show you something really awesome.
Quand on sait que quelque chose de désagréable va se passer, qu'on va aller chez le dentiste par exemple, ou en France, ce n'est pas bien. If you know that something unpleasant will happen, that you will go to the dentist for example, or to France, then that is not good.
La grammaire est quelque chose de très compliqué. Grammar is a very complex thing.
Nous avons quelque chose de spécial pour vous, Monsieur. We have something special for you, sir.
Tom y a vu quelque chose de rouge. Tom saw something red there.
Je voudrais boire quelque chose de chaud. I'd like to drink something hot.
Elle lui donna quelque chose de chaud à boire. She gave him something hot to drink.
Quelque chose de suspect est en train de se passer. There's something fishy going on.
Je pense que le fait que la seule forme de vie que nous ayons créée jusqu'à présent soit purement destructive, dit quelque chose de la nature humaine. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive.
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