Usage examples of "se sous-tendre" in French with translation to English

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Il y a des conditions sous lesquelles rompre une promesse ou dire un mensonge sont acceptables. There are conditions under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
Le souvenir de la jeunesse est tendre dans les vieillards. The memory of youth is sweet in the heart of old men.
Il présente la situation sous un jour nouveau. It puts a different complexion on the situation.
En ébénisterie nous classons les bois en dur, tendre, et exotique. In woodworking, we classify wood as hardwood, softwood or exotic wood.
Ne te cache pas sous le lit. Don't hide under the bed.
Mieux vaut tendre une branche d'olivier que de lancer un missile. Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.
Viens sous mon parapluie, ou tu seras mouillé. Come under my umbrella, or you'll get wet.
Il a le cœur tendre. He's very soft-hearted.
Tu as de la crasse sous les ongles. You have dirt under your fingernails.
Une pièce isolée de bois tendre et un bon chauffage sont les conditions indispensables d'un sauna. An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
Les paysages de Guilin sont les plus beaux sous le ciel. Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.
Rien ne me parait plus tendre qu'un vieux couple qui descend la rue en se tenant par la main. Nothing seems so tender to me as an old couple walking down the street holding hands.
Le premier problème que nous devons affronter est l'extrémisme violent sous toutes ses formes. The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.
Il a un plan pour lui tendre une embuscade. He has a plan to ambush him.
J'ai trouvé cette clé sous le paillasson. I found the key underneath the mat.
C'est la réponse qui a conduit ceux auxquels tant de gens disaient depuis si longtemps d'être cynique et craintif et dubitatif sur ce que l'on peut accomplir, à prendre en mains l'arc de l'histoire et à le tendre une fois de plus vers l'espoir d'un meilleur jour. It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long, by so many, to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
Il perdit conscience sous l'effet de l'anesthésie. He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
Dieu ferait-il que je sois un tendre bourgeon de pommier, qui flotte et du rameau tordu choit, pour se coucher et s'évanouir en votre sein de soie, en votre sein de soie comme il le fait séant. Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
Ce que je cherchais étais précisément là sous mes yeux. What I was looking for was right before my eyes.
À une époque où l'on faisait taire les voix des femmes et où l'on congédiait leurs espoirs, elle a survécu pour les voir se mettre debout et se prononcer et tendre la main pour prendre un scrutin. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.
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