Sentence examples of "taken advantage" in English
Poor sap. He can't tell when he's being taken advantage of.
Pauvre simplet. Il ne voit pas quand on profite de lui.
All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.
Tout ce que vous devez faire, c'est tirer profit de cette occasion rare.
We took advantage of the fine weather to play tennis.
Nous avons profité du beau temps pour jouer au tennis.
She took advantage of her paid vacation and went skiing.
Elle profita de ses congés payés et partit skier.
She took advantage of the fine weather to paint the wall.
Elle profita du beau temps pour peindre le mur.
With his new job he's taken on more responsibility.
Il a pris davantage de responsabilités avec son nouvel emploi.
You ought to take advantage of this opportunity, for it may not come again.
Tu te dois de saisir cette opportunité, car il est possible qu'elle ne se présente pas une nouvelle fois.
He is often taken for a student because he looks so young.
On le prend souvent pour un étudiant parce qu'il fait très jeune.
He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining from an upper window that he wore a blue coat, and rode a black horse.
Il avait espéré qu’on le présenterait à ces demoiselles, dont il avait ouï vanter la beauté ; mais il ne vit que le père. Ces dames furent plus heureuses ; elles eurent l’avantage de s’assurer, par une des fenêtres, qu’il portait un habit bleu et montait un cheval noir.
Engineers try to take advantage of nature rather than try to understand it.
Les ingénieurs essaient de tirer avantage de la nature plutôt que d'essayer de la comprendre.
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