Usage examples of "at the head" in English with translation to French

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Keiko is at the head of her class. Keiko est en tête de sa classe.
Father took his place at the head of the table and began to say grace. Père pris place au bout de la table et entama le bénédicité.
Father took his place at the head of the table. Père prit place au bout de la table.
He is at the head of the class. C'est le chef de classe.
That blow on the head knocked him out cold. Ce coup sur la tête l'étendit inconscient.
It's amazing that he won the championship at the age of nineteen. C'est incroyable qu'il a gagné le championnat à l'âge de 19 ans.
Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion. Il vaut mieux être la tête d'un chien que la queue d'un lion.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
The ball hit him on the left side of the head. La balle l'atteignit au côté gauche de la tête.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week. Si mon avion ne s'écrase pas, si je ne me fais pas enlever par des voleurs d'organes, je vous passe un coup de fil en début de semaine.
He was dazed by a blow to the head. Il fut étourdi par un coup sur la tête.
Get off at the next stop and take a bus headed to the airport. Descends au prochain arrêt et prends un bus à destination de l'aéroport.
He took the blow on the head. Il prit le coup sur la tête.
Look at the large building over there. Regardez le grand immeuble là-bas.
He hit me on the head. Il m'a frappé à la tête.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of whom listens to them. Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
President Lincoln was assassinated with a bullet to the head, right behind the left ear. Le Président Lincoln fut assassiné d'une balle dans la tête, juste derrière l'oreille gauche.
Look at the boy beside the car. Regarde le garçon derrière la voiture.
A little, old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane. Une petite vieille a déjoué le cambriolage en donnant un grand coup sur la tête du voleur avec sa canne.
Was that you at the door? Était-ce toi à la porte ?
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