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

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The substitute teacher was nice but not too bright. L'instituteur remplaçant était sympa mais pas très futé.
You cannot substitute money for health. On ne peut pas substituer l'argent pour la santé.
You can use margarine as a substitute for butter. Vous pouvez utiliser de la margarine comme substitut au beurre.
"ASCII quotes" are a substitute character for the “real” quotes that vary from language to language, and the advent of Unicode have rendered ASCII quotes obsolete. Les "guillemets ASCII" sont des caractères de substitution pour les « vrais » guillemets qui varient d'une langue à l'autre, et l'avènement d'Unicode a rendu les guillemets ASCII obsolètes.
It is impossible to substitute machines for people. Il est impossible de substituer des machines aux humains.
It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for. C'est un mot pour lequel j'aimerais trouver un substitut.
We encounter similar difficulties when we substitute rectangles for triangles in this configuration. Nous rencontrons des difficultés similaires quand nous substituons des rectangles aux triangles dans cette configuration.
He substituted for the injured player. Il remplaça le joueur blessé.
This fluid can be substituted for glue. Ce fluide peut remplacer la colle.
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