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

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Tom danse avec les dames. Tom is dancing with the ladies.
Il évite de tenir compagnie à ces dames. He avoids keeping company with those ladies.
« Les consommations sont-elles gratuites ? » « Seulement pour les dames. » "Are the drinks free?" "Only for ladies."
Il pluma trois vieilles dames de leurs maigres retraites. He fleeced three old ladies of their meager pensions.
Le hall d'exposition de notre société a été un succès auprès des dames. Our company's showroom was a hit with the ladies.
Il avait espéré qu’on le présenterait à ces demoiselles, dont il avait ouï vanter la beauté ; mais il ne vit que le père. Ces dames furent plus heureuses ; elles eurent l’avantage de s’assurer, par une des fenêtres, qu’il portait un habit bleu et montait un cheval noir. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining from an upper window that he wore a blue coat, and rode a black horse.
Elle me présenta la dame. She introduced the lady to me.
Sur une île de la Seine se trouve une grande église appelée Notre Dame. On an island in the Seine, there is a big church called Notre Dame.
George Bush est parti en vacances avec sa dame. George Bush went on a vacation with his wife.
Cette jeune dame est infirmière. That young lady is a nurse.
Il a volé une vieille dame. He robbed an old lady.
Je ne connais pas cette dame. I do not know this lady.
La dame venait d'une bonne famille. The lady came from a good family.
La dame ne se laissa pas tenter. The lady did not give in to temptation.
La dame semblait triste, et aussi fatiguée. The lady looked sad, also tired.
Elle a l'air d'être une dame. She has the air of being a lady.
La vieille dame monta les escaliers avec difficulté. The old lady climbed the stairs with difficulty.
Mon rêve est de devenir la première dame. My dream is to be the First Lady.
Je donnai mon siège à la vieille dame. I gave my seat to the old lady.
La dame a plus de quatre vingts ans. The lady is over eighty.
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