Usage examples of "great grandmother" in English with translation to French

Grandmother takes great delight in watching television. Grand-mère prend grand plaisir à regarder la télévision.

I'm visiting my grandmother in hospital. Je rends visite à ma grand-mère à l'hôpital.

A great warrior radiates strength. He doesn't have to fight to the death. La force irradie d'un grand guerrier. Il n'a pas besoin de combattre à mort.

This is a picture of my grandmother. C'est une photo de ma grand-mère.

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. Les grands hommes sont presque toujours de mauvais hommes, même lorsqu'ils exercent une influence et non une autorité.

She is going to visit her grandmother on Saturday. Elle va rendre visite à sa grand-mère samedi.

You made a great contribution. Vous avez fait une importante contribution.

Your voice reminds me of my late grandmother. Ta voix me rappelle feu ma grand-mère.

My brother smokes a great deal. Mon frère fume énormément.

Queen Elizabeth II is thought to be descended from Genghis Khan via her grandmother. On pense que la reine Élizabeth II est une descendante de Genghis Khan de par sa grand-mère.

He is inclined to argue at great length. Il a tendance à fournir beaucoup d'efforts pour argumenter.

My grandmother thinks it's unseemly for me to be dating my history professor. Ma grand-mère pense qu'il est inconvenant pour moi de sortir avec mon professeur d'histoire.

"Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!" Chérie, vite, vite. Ce site web, Tatoeba, vend ses collections de phrases aux enchères pour un cent chacune ! Ils ont même une offre spéciale du type pour cent achetées on vous en offre une !" "Ah super ! maintenant les gens collectionnent les phrases ! mais où va le monde ?"

I had never eaten any kind of Thai food, so I was pretty excited about going to a Thai restaurant with my grandmother. Je n'avais jamais mangé aucune sorte de nourriture thaï alors j'étais assez excité d'aller dans un restaurant thaï avec ma grand-mère.

He bribed that politician with a great deal of money. Il a soudoyé cet homme politique avec une grosse somme d'argent.

My grandmother looks after the children during the daytime. Ma grand-mère s'occupe des enfants durant la journée.

He was a great musician. C'était un grand musicien.

My grandmother paid my way to Boston. Ma grand-mère a payé mon trajet pour Boston.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Le grand plaisir de la vie, c'est de faire ce que les gens disent que vous ne pouvez pas faire.

My grandmother became sick last week. Ma grand-mère est tombée malade la semaine dernière.

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