Sentence examples of "peasant" in English with translation "paysan"

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For the peasant, fruits are more important than flowers. Pour le paysan, les fruits sont plus importants que les fleurs.
He disguised himself as a peasant and infiltrated the walled city. Il s'est déguisé en paysan et s'est infiltré dans la ville fortifiée.
Many peasants died during the drought. De nombreux paysans sont morts pendant la sécheresse.
Those peasants badly need land to grow rice. Ces paysans ont fortement besoin de terres pour cultiver du riz.
Peasants often have a secondary activity to augment their income. Les paysans exercent souvent une activité secondaire pour compléter leurs revenus.
One of the characteristics of the Ancien Régime is that almost everybody had privileges, except peasants. Une des caractéristiques de l'Ancien Régime, c'est qu'à peu près tout le monde détient des privilèges, sauf les paysans.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines. Il y a longtemps, la société était fortement hiérarchisée et inégalitaire, et la partie la plus pauvre de la population, arriérée, composée principalement par des paysans, était écrasée sous le poids des impôts, des guerres et des famines.
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