Usage examples of "convention verbale" in French with translation to English

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Il y a à parier que toute idée publique, toute convention reçue, est une sottise, car elle a convenu au plus grand nombre. It is safe to wager that every public idea and every accepted convention is foolish because it has suited the majority.

Pour participer à une joute, fut-elle verbale, il faut encore se comporter de manière chevaleresque. To contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.

Monsieur White a dit qu'à cause de la convention, il n'y avait pas de salle libres. Mr White said that because of the convention, there were no rooms available.

Le Mexique est-il signataire de la convention de Genève ? Is Mexico a signatory to the Geneva Convention?

Une dispute éclata dans l'enceinte du hall de la convention, et les coups de poing se mirent immédiatement à pleuvoir. An argument broke out on the floor of the convention hall and in no time fists were flying.

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