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

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I know you've been avoiding me. Je sais que tu m'évitais.

Avoiding one-use kitchen utensils, Elton forgoes apple corers, preferring the more versatile paring knife. Évitant les ustensiles à usage exclusif, Pierre néglige les évide-pommes, préférant le couteau à éplucher, plus polyvalent.

For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India. Pour une raison quelconque, les gens m'ont évité comme la peste depuis que je suis revenu d'Inde.

In order to cross from one sentence to the other, Tom was stretching out his arm. Mary clinged firmly on to it and jumped over the dot, avoiding to fall in the space. Pour passer d'une phrase à l'autre, Tom tendait son bras. Mary le saisissait fermement et sautait par-dessus le point en évitant de tomber dans l'espace.

I tried to avoid conflict. J'ai essayé d'éviter un conflit.

You should avoid binge eating. Tu devrais éviter de te gaver.

She avoided answering my questions. Elle a évité de répondre à mes questions.

She avoided him whenever possible. Elle l'évita chaque fois que possible.

Avoid fried foods for a while. Évitez la friture pour un temps.

It's necessary to avoid stress. Il est nécessaire d'éviter le stress.

You must avoid making such mistakes. Tu devrais éviter de faire de telles erreurs.

What foods do you avoid eating? Quels aliments évites-tu de manger ?

The suspect wanted to avoid being arrested. Le suspect voulait éviter d'être arrêté.

He avoids keeping company with those ladies. Il évite de tenir compagnie à ces dames.

What foods, if any, do you avoid eating? Quels aliments, s'il y en a, évitez-vous de manger ?

We must avoid war by all possible means. Nous devons éviter la guerre à tout prix.

You must avoid making those kinds of mistakes. Il faut que tu évites de faire ce genre d'erreurs.

Avoid crossing this street when it is raining. Évitez de traverser cette rue quand il pleut.

Take lots of vitamin C to avoid catching cold. Pour éviter d'attraper un rhume, prenez beaucoup de vitamine C.

I stood under a tree to avoid getting wet. Je me suis abrité sous un arbre pour éviter d'être mouillé.

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