Sentence examples of "Set off" in English
Probably she tried to set you against her friends.
Elle a probablement essayé de vous monter contre ses amis.
I had a headache, and I took the day off today.
J'avais mal à la tête et j'ai pris un jour de congé aujourd'hui.
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
Le but du propagandiste est de faire oublier à un ensemble de personnes que certains autres ensembles de personnes sont humaines.
The talisman he's wearing is supposed to ward off evil spirits.
Le talisman qu'il porte est supposé éloigner les mauvais esprits.
Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man’s unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires.
Le christianisme s'est fixé comme but de satisfaire aux désirs inaccessibles de l'homme, mais pour cette raison a ignoré ses désirs accessibles.
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