Usage examples of "ancienne puissance coloniale" in French with translation to English

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Toute puissance est faible, à moins que d'être unie. Every power is weak unless it is united.
Adolfo aime sa nouvelle école, mais se souvient vraiment de ses amis à son ancienne école. Adolfo likes his new school, but really remembers his friends at his old school.
La puissance de son physique saute aux yeux de tous ceux qui le regardent. The power of his physique is evident to all who look at him.
C'est une ancienne loi. This is an ancient law.
Ils ont une plus grande puissance de feu que nous, mais nous bénéficierons de l'effet de surprise. They have us out-gunned but we'll have the element of surprise.
Tom a pris une photo de son ancienne caméra avec sa nouvelle caméra. Tom took a picture of his old camera with his new camera.
La troisième puissance de 3 est 27. 3 to the third power is 27.
La plus ancienne forme de propriété est la propriété des femmes par les hommes bien portants de la communauté. The earliest form of ownership is an ownership of the women by the able bodied men of the community.
J'ai besoin de sa puissance. I need his power.
Cette église sur la colline est très ancienne. That church on the hill is very old.
Les soldats disposaient d'armes d'une puissance de feu supérieure. The soldiers had more powerful weapons.
Mon ancienne professeur d'anglais doit sûrement se retourner dans sa tombe à l'heure qu'il est. My old English teacher is certainly rolling in her grave right now.
Ne sous-estime pas ma puissance. Don't underestimate my power.
Le mythe apporte un nouvel éclairage à cette ancienne civilisation. The myth offers insights into the ancient civilization.
Une part toujours croissante de la population est incapable d'employer pleinement la puissance d'expression de la langue allemande. An increasingly greater part of the population is not capable of fully utilizing the power of expression of the German language.
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 champion du monde en puissance. He is a potential world champion.
Un chauffeur est profondément attaché à son ancienne voiture. A driver is deeply attached to his old car.
La connaissance est la puissance. Knowledge is power.
La nouvelle loi a aboli cette coutume très ancienne. The new law has done away with the long-standing custom.
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