Usage examples of "de deux choses l'une" in French with translation to English

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Pour réussir dans la vie, on a besoin de deux choses: l'ignorance et la confiance en soi. To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Être amoureux et être marié sont deux choses différentes. Falling in love is one thing; getting married is another.
J'ai manqué le train de deux minutes. I missed the train by two minutes.
Je ne peux pas faire deux choses à la fois. I can't do two things at a time.
Larry Ewing est marié et père de deux enfants. Larry Ewing is married and the father of two children.
Dire et faire sont deux choses différentes. Saying is quite different from doing.
John est plus vieux que moi de deux ans. John's two years older than me.
N'essayez pas deux choses a la fois. Don't attempt two things at a time.
Il est plus vieux que moi de deux ans. He is older than I by two years.
La loi et la politique sont deux choses différentes. Law and politics are two different things.
C'est une séquence de deux actions. It is a sequence of two actions.
Tu ne peux pas faire deux choses à la fois. You can't do two things at once.
Je serai de retour en moins de deux. I'll be back in a jiffy.
Il n'est pas possible de faire deux choses à la fois. It's not possible to do two things at once.
J'ai accouché de deux vrais jumeaux. I delivered identical twins.
Ne fais pas deux choses en même temps. Don't do two things at a time.
Je dois avancer ma montre de deux minutes. I must put my watch forward two minutes.
Être et avoir sont deux choses bien différentes. What we have is one thing and what we are is quite another.
Nous suivons un cours intensif de premiers soins avant notre expédition de deux semaines en montagne. We're taking a crash course in first aid before our two-week trek through the mountains.
L'amour et le désir sont deux choses distinctes ; car tout ce qui est aimable n'est pas désiré, pas plus que tout ce qui est désiré ne mérite notre amour. Love and desire are two different things; for not everything that is lovely is desired, nor everything desired worthy of one's love.
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