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

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He has a generous nature. Il est de nature généreuse.
Between meals, he usually manages to stow away a generous supply of candy, ice cream, popcorn and fruit. Entre les repas, il s'arrange d'ordinaire pour mettre de côté une abondante réserve de sucreries, de crème glacée, de pop-corn et de fruits.
He is generous to his opponents. Il est généreux envers ses ennemis.
He is generous to his friends. Il est généreux envers ses amis.
Try to be generous and forgive. Essaie d'être généreux et pardonne.
He is generous with his money. Il est généreux avec son argent.
Generous people make for bad merchants. Les gens généreux font de mauvais commerçants.
He is by nature a generous person. C'est par nature une personne généreuse.
She paid them a most generous compliment. Elle leur rendit un compliment plus que généreux.
He is always generous to poor people. Il est toujours généreux envers les pauvres.
Poor as he is, he is generous. Pauvre comme il est, il est tout de même généreux.
It's only the poor who are generous. Il n'y a que les pauvres de généreux.
I always say to myself to be generous. Je me suis toujours dit qu'il faut être généreux.
Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money. À la fin de sa vie l'avare apprit à être généreux.
Thank you for the generous invitation but we don't want to wear out our welcome. Merci pour votre généreuse invitation mais nous ne voulons pas abuser de votre hospitalité.
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action. Si toute votre vie vous vous abstenez du meurtre, du vol, de la fornication, du parjure, du blasphème et de l'outrecuidance envers vos parents, votre église et votre roi, on vous considérera conventionnellement comme digne d'admiration morale, même si vous n'avez jamais fait un seul geste gentil ou généreux.
"Do you want another cup of coffee?" "Sure, make mine on the small side but be generous with my brother's." "Voulez-vous une autre tasse de café ?" "Bien sur, un peu pour moi et beaucoup pour mon frère."
Let us be fully aware of all the importance of this day, because today within the generous walls of Boulogne-sur-Mer have met not French with English, nor Russians with Polish, but people with people. Prenons bien conscience de la gravité de la journée d'aujourd'hui, car aujourd'hui, dans les murs accueillants de Boulogne-sur-Mer, ne se réunissent pas des Français avec des Anglais, des Russes avec des Polonais, mais des hommes avec des hommes.
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