Sentence examples of "act" in English with translation "faire"

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Does the medicine act quickly? Est-ce que ce médicament fait effet rapidement ?
It is better to act than to talk. Il vaut mieux faire que dire.
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one. S’il fallait absolument choisir, j’aimerais mieux faire une chose immorale qu’une chose cruelle.
Any act whatever of a man, which causes damage to another, obliges the one by whose fault it occurred to compensate it. Tout fait quelconque de l'homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer.
He acted as our guide. Il nous fit office de guide.
She acted as if she knew nothing. Elle a fait comme si elle ne savait rien.
He acted as if he were ill. Il a fait semblant d'être malade.
You're acting like you know me; this is the first time we're meeting! Tu fais semblant de me connaître ; c'est la première fois que nous nous rencontrons.
Nothing acts as a better antidote for romance than young men and women doing geometry together at eight o'clock every morning. Rien ne fait l'effet de meilleur antidote à l'amour que de jeunes hommes et femmes faisant ensemble de la géométrie à huit heures chaque matin.
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