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

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La vie est très courte. Life is very short.
Comme la vie est courte ! How short life is!
Les gens ont la mémoire courte. People have short memories.
La vie de Mozart fut très courte. Mozart's life was very short.
En un mot, la vie est courte. In a word, life is short.
La vie est au mieux très courte. Life is at best very short.
Nous serons de retour après cette courte pause. We'll be back after this short break.
Les gens disent que la vie est courte. People say that life is short.
La vie de Mozart a été très courte. Mozart's life was very short.
Cette jupe, n'est-elle pas trop courte ? Isn't that skirt too short?
L'art est long, la vie est courte. Art is long, life is short.
Il continua son travail après une courte pause. He continued his work after a short break.
Je n'aurais jamais trouvé explication aussi courte. I would never have found as short an explanation.
Je n'aurais pas trouvé une explication aussi courte. I would never have found as short an explanation.
Après une courte poursuite, la police l'a attrapé. After a short pursuit, the police caught him.
Que dis-tu de sortir pour une courte promenade ? What do you say to going out for a short walk?
La vie est trop courte pour apprendre l'allemand. Life is too short to learn German.
Il a suggéré que nous prenions une courte pause. He said, "Let's take a short rest."
La vie est bien trop courte pour faire la tête. Life is too short to be mad.
Je ne suis pas un nain. Je suis de courte stature. I am not a dwarf. I am of short stature.
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