Usage examples of "ancien franc" in French with translation to English

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« Pour être franc, j'ai le vertige » « Tu es un trouillard ! » "To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"
C'est une lettre de mon ancien professeur. This is a letter from my old teacher.
Le Franc suisse s'envole. The Swiss Franc is soaring.
Tom a vu son ancien employeur à une conférence. Tom saw his former employer at a conference.
Pour être franc, il est difficile de comprendre pourquoi vous souhaitez partir. Frankly speaking, it is difficult to understand why you want to go.
Achille était un ancien héros Grec. Achilles was an ancient Greek hero.
Je ne pense pas qu'il était franc avec moi. I don't think he was being straight with me.
Que ce livre est ancien ! How old this book is!
Il est parfois difficile d'être à la fois délicat et franc. Sometimes it's hard to be tactful and honest at the same time.
La Bulgarie est le seul pays en Europe où un ancien souverain a été élu Premier ministre. Bulgaria is the only country in Europe where a former monarch has been elected prime minister.
Quand j'ai rencontré mon ancien professeur, il m'a demandé comment allaient mes parents. When I met my former teacher, he inquired after my parents.
Le Kendo est un ancien art martial japonais qui date de l'époque des samouraïs. Kendo is an ancient Japanese martial art that dates back to the time of the samurai warriors.
Elle vend un ancien chapeau. She sells a vintage hat.
C'est le plus ancien bâtiment en bois qui existe. It is the oldest wooden building in existence.
Le défunt Freddie Mercury, ancien chanteur principal de Queen, avait une tessiture de quatre octaves. The late Freddie Mercury, former lead singer of Queen, had a vocal range of four octaves.
La Révolution française n'a pas eu seulement pour objet de changer un gouvernement ancien, mais d'abolir la forme ancienne de la société. The French Revolution not only had as its objective to change an old government, but also to abolish the old form of society.
C'est un ancien. He's a senior.
Elle détesta son ancien ami. She turned against her old friend.
Lequel est ancien? Which is old?
L'autre jour, j'ai croisé mon ancien voisin en ville. The other day I met my former neighbour in the city.
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