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

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He is lazy by nature. Il est naturellement paresseux.
He is such a lazy fellow. C'est une personne terriblement fainéante.
Everybody tends to be lazy. Tout le monde a tendance à être paresseux.
As far as I know, he isn't lazy. Pour autant que je sache, il n'est pas fainéant.
He is a lazy fellow. C'est un type paresseux.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker. Il n'est pas fainéant. Au contraire, je crois que c'est un grand bosseur.
He is a lazy student. C'est un étudiant paresseux.
It was clear that the lazy student would never live up to his family's expectations. Il était clair que cet écolier fainéant ne remplirait jamais les attentes de sa famille.
I cannot help his being lazy. Je ne peux pas l'empêcher d'être paresseux.
Go to school! You lazy bastard. Va à l'école ! Paresseux.
He is inclined to be lazy. Il tend à être paresseux.
All the workers who are lazy must be fired. Tous les travailleurs paresseux doivent être renvoyés.
The trouble with him is that he is lazy. Son problème c'est qu'il est paresseux.
He regretted having been lazy in the former term. Il regretta d'avoir été paresseux le trimestre dernier.
Tom is by no means unintelligent. He is just lazy. Tom n'est pas du tout stupide. Il est seulement paresseux.
He is not as lazy a student as you think. Il n'est pas un étudiant aussi paresseux que vous le pensez.
Not that he couldn't, but he's too lazy one man. Non pas qu'il ne le pourrait pas, mais c'est un homme trop paresseux.
It is because you are lazy that you cannot write your report. C'est parce que tu es paresseux que tu ne peux pas écrire ton rapport.
Tom is not a lazy boy. As a matter of fact, he works hard. Tom n'est pas paresseux. En fait, il travaille dur.
My father believed that anyone who could not make a living in Japan was lazy. Mon père pensait que celui qui ne pouvait gagner sa vie au Japon était un paresseux.
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