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

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Je suis habitué à veiller tard. I am accustomed to staying up late.
Les parents doivent veiller au bien-être de leurs enfants. Parents must look after the well-being of the their children.
Tu ne dois pas veiller si tard. You ought not to stay up so late.
À présent qu'il est vieux, c'est ton devoir de veiller sur lui. Now that he is old, it is your duty to go look after him.
Vous ne devez pas veiller si tard. You ought not to stay up so late.
Celui qui lutte contre les monstres doit veiller à ne pas le devenir lui-même. Or, quand on regarde trop longtemps au fond d'un abîme, l'abîme, lui aussi, vous regarde. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
Je n'aurais pas dû veiller toute la nuit. I shouldn't have stayed up all night.
Marie a veillé tard la nuit dernière. Mary stayed up late last night.
Il a perdu la montre qu'il avait achetée la veille. He lost the watch which he had bought the day before.
J'imagine que j'aurai des ennuis si je ne veille pas toute la nuit pour potasser mon examen. I suppose I'll be in trouble if I don't stay up all night to cram for the examination.
J'ai perdu la montre que j'avais achetée la veille. I lost the watch I had bought the day before.
Tu ne devrais pas veiller aussi tard. You ought not to sit up so late.
Vous ne devriez pas veiller aussi tard. You ought not to sit up so late.
Je suis habitué à veiller tard le soir. I am used to sitting up late at night.
Les infirmières doivent veiller au confort de leurs patients. The nurses must see to the comfort of their patients.
Je tiens pour règle de ne pas veiller tard. I make it a rule not to sit up late.
Je ne suis pas habitué à veiller tard le soir. I am not used to sitting up late at night.
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