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

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J'ai osé soutenir son avis. I dared to support his opinion.
Nous avons promis de le soutenir en cas de problèmes. We promised to stand by him in case of trouble.
De lourds piliers sont nécessaires pour soutenir le pont. Heavy posts are needed to sustain this bridge.
On devrait le soutenir pour que le projet soit une réussite. We should back him up so as to make the project a success.
En tant qu'officier public, vous avez prêté serment de soutenir et défendre la constitution. As a public official you have sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution.
Il a pris quelques coussins pour soutenir sa tête. He fetched a few cushions to prop up her head.
Je travaille dur pour soutenir ma famille. I worked hard in order to support my family.
Particulièrement au cours des vingt dernières années, le lien supposé entre des politiques de protection sociale avancées et l'échec économique dans les pays de l'Europe du Nord, semble mettre en évidence la difficulté à soutenir à la fois une complète protection sociale et une compétitivité internationale. Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
Nous pensions qu'il allait nous soutenir. We expected him to support us.
Son salaire est trop bas pour soutenir sa famille. His salary is too low to support his family.
J'ai beaucoup d'amis pour me soutenir mentalement. I have a lot of friends to support me mentally.
La corde n'était pas assez solide pour le soutenir. The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
Les deux opinions ont des mérites et des démérites, aussi ne vais-je pas décider tout de suite laquelle soutenir. There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.
Mon père me soutient financièrement. My father will support me financially.
Quoi qu'il advienne, je te soutiendrai. I'll stand by you whatever happens.
Galilée soutenait que la Terre bouge. Galileo argued that the earth moves.
Déniant qu'elle était une anarchiste, Katja soutenait qu'elle souhaitait seulement faire des changements dans notre gouvernement, pas le détruire. Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.
Personne ne soutint ce que je dis. Nobody backed up what I said.
Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, dès le neuvième siècle, soutenait que la raison est le guide exclusif de l'homme vers la vérité, une quête dans laquelle la révélation n'est d'aucun soutien. Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help.
Quand je suis triste, mes amis me soutiennent. When I'm sad, my friends encourage me.
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