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

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Un homme ivre dormait allongé sur le banc. A drunken man was sleeping on the bench.
Il était ivre de joie. He was drunk with joy.
Son mari est généralement ivre. Her husband is usually drunk.
Je suis un peu ivre. I am a bit drunk.
Elle est ivre de bonheur. She is drunk with happiness.
Il semble que Marie soit encore ivre. It looks like Mary is drunk again.
Un homme ivre est tombé des escaliers. A drunk man fell down the stairs.
Le conducteur ivre a endommagé un arbre. The drunk driver damaged a tree.
Attention ! C'est dangereux de conduire ivre. Take care! It's dangerous to drive drunk.
Le jeune homme qui conduisait la voiture était ivre. The young man driving the car was drunk.
Ha ! ha ! ha ! un écureuil ivre ! ce sera bien drôle. Ah! Ah! Ah! A drunk squirrel! that will be very funny.
Un conducteur ivre a été responsable de l'accident de voiture. A drunk driver was responsible for the car accident.
Il était plutôt ivre, ce qui fit mauvaise impression au policier. He was rather drunk, which made a bad impression on the policeman.
Il était tellement ivre que ses explications n'avaient ni queue ni tête. He was so drunk that his explanation did not make sense.
Le jeune dirigeant nouvellement promu, ivre de pouvoir, jouait les hobereaux à l'égard de ses anciens collègues. The newly promoted junior manager, drunk with power, lorded it over his former co-workers.
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