Sentence examples of "latter" in English with translation "dernier"

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The latter half of the drama was a little dull. La dernière partie du téléfilm était un peu ennuyeuse.
Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former. Le poisson et la viande sont tous les deux nourrissants, mais la dernière est plus chère que le premier.
I like a dog better than a cat, for the former is more faithful than the latter. Je préfère les chiens aux chats, car les premiers sont plus fidèle que les derniers.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former. La pratique est aussi importante que la théorie, mais nous sommes enclin à estimer la dernière et dédaigner la première.
A ronin may not have the status of a daimyo, but he has the freedom that the latter may never have. Un ronin ne jouit peut-être pas du statut d'un daimyo, mais il jouit de la liberté que ce dernier n'a peut-être jamais.
Through freeing thought from its object, Descartes enabled the viewing of the latter in only mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense. En libérant la pensée de son objet, Descartes a permis de considérer ce dernier en termes exclusivement mécaniques, réouvrant la voie à la science, étouffée depuis plus de quinze siècles sous l'ineptie religieuse.
There was a time when Christopher Columbus challenged another explorer to a duel. The latter, an underhanded chap, did not take ten steps - as dictated by the rules - but two, then turned around to shoot. Unfortunately for him, Columbus hadn't taken any steps at all. Il fut un temps où Christophe Colomb défia un autre navigateur en duel. Ce dernier, un homme vicieux, ne fit pas 10 pas, comme dicté dans les règles, mais 2, puis il se retourna pour tirer. Malheureusement pour lui, Colomb ne fit aucun pas.
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