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

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Certaines personnes se détendent en lisant. Some people relax by reading.
Je me suis endormi en lisant. I fell asleep while reading.
Il était assis, lisant un livre. He was sitting, reading a book.
Elle pleura en lisant la lettre. She wept reading the letter.
Elle pleurait en lisant la lettre. She cried reading the letter.
J'ai sauté une ligne en lisant. I have left out one line in reading.
Elle a pleuré en lisant la carte. She cried as she read the letter.
Elle se cultivait en lisant beaucoup de livres. She cultivated her mind by reading many books.
Je me suis endormi en lisant un livre. I fell asleep while reading a book.
En lisant un livre, je me suis endormi. While reading a book, I fell asleep.
On peut apprendre beaucoup de mots en lisant. You can pick up a lot of words by reading.
Il a appris la nouvelle en lisant le journal. He learned the news while reading the newspaper.
La fille lisant le livre de cuisine est Kate. The girl reading a cookbook is Kate.
Comme à son habitude, il mange en lisant le journal. As is his way, he eats reading a newspaper.
Il était assis avec sa femme près du feu, lui lisant, elle cousant. He sat reading with his wife sewing by the fire.
Le temps d'attendre pour son rendez-vous, Mick a tué le temps en lisant des magazines. Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.
En lisant des livres, nous pouvons marcher en compagnie des grands et des bons de chaque lieu et de chaque époque. By reading books we can walk with the great and the good from every place and every era.
Je n'ai jamais vu quelqu'un capable de jouer au basket en lisant seulement des livres, il en va de même pour les langues étrangères. I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well.
Il lit rarement, sinon jamais. He seldom, if ever, reads a book.
Il lit volontiers des livres. He likes to read books.
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