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

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Tom prefers whole-grain cereals. Tom préfère les céréales complètes.
Jane prefers dogs to cats. Jane préfère les chiens aux chats.
He prefers football to baseball. Il préfère le football américain au baseball.
He prefers poetry to fiction. Il préfère la poésie à la fiction.
He prefers the country to the town. Il préfère la campagne à la ville.
The old man prefers horse carriages to cars. Le vieil homme préfère les calèches aux voitures.
My daughter prefers science to languages or art. Ma fille préfère la science aux langues ou à l'art.
What makes you think that Tom prefers living in the country? Qu'est-ce qui te fait penser que Tom préfère vivre à la campagne ?
He prefers plain, simple people, for he is plain and simple himself. Il préfère les gens ordinaires et simples, car il est lui-même ordinaire et simple.
My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers. Ma mère préfère la sélection arbitraire des machines de loterie à mes chiffres fétiches.
Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class. Johnson est un reclus ; il préfère s'isoler du reste des élèves de notre classe.
Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist. La capacité inébranlable de l'homme à croire ce qu'il préfère plutôt qu'à ce que les preuves démontrent être probable et possible m'a toujours stupéfié. Nous nous languissons d'un univers attentionné qui nous sauvera de nos puériles erreurs, et face à des montagnes de preuves du contraire nous allons accrocher nos espoirs aux doutes les plus minces. On n'a pas prouvé que Dieu n'existait pas, donc il doit exister.
I prefer quality to quantity. Je préfère la qualité à la quantité.
I prefer soccer to baseball. Je préfère le football au baseball.
I prefer cats to dogs. Je préfère les chats aux chiens.
I prefer coffee to tea. Je préfère le café au thé.
I prefer walking to cycling. Je préfère la marche à la bicyclette.
I prefer to go swimming. Je préfère aller nager.
Which newspaper would you prefer? Quel journal préféreriez-vous ?
What singer do you prefer? Quel est ton chanteur préféré ?
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