Usage examples of "grand air" in French with translation to English

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Nous avons passé la journée au grand air. We spent the day in the open air.
Avec son air de tonton, il plait aux jeunes enfants. His avuncular mien endears him to small children.
Il a un grand bureau dans sa petite pièce. He has a large desk in his small room.
Il commença à siffler un air. He began to whistle a tune.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Il se balada à travers le parc en sifflant un air qu'il avait appris dans sa jeunesse. He sauntered through the park whistling a tune he'd learned in his youth.
Les besoins du plus grand nombre l'emportent sur les nécessités du plus petit. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Sans air, tous les organismes vivants mourraient. But for air, all living things would die.
Pendant le Grand Jeu, l'Afghanistan était un État tampon. During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
Un homme gratte un air sur la guitare. A man is picking out a tune on the guitar.
Je pense que c'est trop grand. I think that it's too big.
L'Homme ne pourrait vivre sans air. Men can not exist without air.
La valeur des livres était telle qu'on en prenait le plus grand soin. So valuable were books that the greatest care was taken of them.
Sans air, nous mourrions. Without air we would die.
Elle lui a envoyé un grand sourire. She gave him a big smile.
Lorsqu'il a demandé qui avait cassé la fenêtre, tous les garçons ont pris un air innocent. When he asked who had broken the window, all the boys put on an air of innocence.
Un jour je peindrai un grand tableau. Some day I'll paint a great picture.
Ce quartier est réputé pour son air pollué. This district is notorious for air pollution.
Il est plus grand que tout autre garçon de sa classe. He is taller than any other boy in his class.
Ah, l’Alsace ! On la connaît souvent pour la beauté de ses maisons à colombages, sa gastronomie renommée, ses célèbres marchés de Noël… Mais c’est aussi un carrefour culturel au coeur de l’Europe. Un trait d’union entre la France, la Suisse et l’Allemagne… dans une incroyable diversité de paysages où, entre montagnes et rives du Rhin, les activités de plein air sont reines. Ah, Alsace! It is usually known for the beauty of its half-timbered houses, its renowned gastronomy and its famous Christmas markets. However, it is also a cultural crossroads in the heart of Europe. It links France, Switzerland and Germany through an incredible diversity of landscapes where, flanked by mountains and the banks of the Rhine, open-air activities abound.
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