Usage examples of "avoir patience" in French with translation to English

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L'homme sans patience, c'est comme une lampe sans huile. A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
Nul doute que tu dois être exténué après avoir travaillé toute la journée. You must be worn out after working all day.
Avec un peu plus de patience vous auriez réussi. With a little more patience, you would have succeeded.
Puis-je avoir un programme ? May I have a program?
Il perdit patience et frappa le garçon. He lost his temper and hit the boy.
Il a démenti avoir dit une telle chose. He denied having said such a thing.
Cette invention est le fruit d'années d'expériences faites avec patience. This invention was the result of years of patient experiment.
Commencer, c'est avoir à moitié fini. [Horace] Well begun is half done.
La première étape pour corriger les erreurs est la patience. The first step to correcting a mistake is patience.
J'aime avoir plein de choses à faire. I like having plenty to do.
J'ai perdu patience. My patience gave out.
Il devrait avoir le droit de décider par lui-même. He should have the right to decide for himself.
Tu commences vraiment à tester ma patience, Jérémie ! You're really starting to try my patience Jimmy!
Les menteurs doivent avoir bonne mémoire. Liars must have a good memory.
Ils étaient sur le point de perdre patience. Their patience was about to give out.
Il ne peut pas avoir moins de 30 ans. He can't be under thirty.
Il était la patience personnifiée. He was patience itself.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Le génie n'est rien de plus qu'une grande capacité pour la patience. Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.
Il n'a pas pu avoir le poste. He couldn't get the job.
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