Sentence examples of "on occasion" in English
It's OK to leave the baby to cry on occasion.
C'est bien de laisser le bébé pleurer de temps en temps.
She got out the bottle of champagne she'd been saving for a special occasion.
Elle sortit la bouteille de champagne qu'elle avait gardée pour un événement particulier.
In our lives, we have three or four occasions of showing bravery, but every day, we have the occasion to show a lack of cowardice.
On a trois ou quatre fois dans sa vie l'occasion d'être brave, et tous les jours, celle de ne pas être lâche.
He never missed any occasion to visit the museum.
Il n'a jamais manqué une occasion pour visiter le musée.
This cookbook has recipes for every imaginable occasion.
Ce livre de cuisine a des recettes pour n'importe quelle occasion.
He can mask his feeling if the occasion calls for it.
Il peut dissimuler ses sentiments si les circonstances le demande.
Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers.
Rien n'est plus dangereux pour la raison que les envols de l'imagination, et rien n'a été la source de plus d'erreurs chez les philosophes.
The falling of the Berlin Wall was truly a momentous occasion.
La chute du mur de Berlin fut vraiment un événement capital.
I looked in my closet for something to wear, but couldn't find anything appropriate for the occasion.
J'ai cherché dans ma garde-robe quelque chose à porter, mais je n'ai rien pu trouver qui convienne à l'occasion.
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