Usage examples of "to be honest ," in English with translation to French

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Tom is honest and expects other people to be honest, too. Tom est honnête et s'attend à ce que les autres soient aussi honnêtes.

I suppose him to be honest. Je suppose qu'il est honnête.

He seems to be honest. Il semble honnête.

He is said to be honest. On dit qu'il est honnête.

I have to be honest. I was a little bit nervous the first time I had an MRI scan. Je dois être honnête, j'étais un peu nerveux la première fois que j'ai passé une IRM.

To be honest, we came to capture you. Pour être honnête, nous sommes venus pour te capturer.

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Être honnête, au train dont va ce monde, c'est être un homme trié sur dix mille.

To be honest, I've never heard of this place before. À dire vrai, je n'ai jamais entendu parler de cet endroit auparavant.

A man must be honest. Un homme doit être honnête.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Le problème aujourd'hui, c'est que l'avenir n'est plus ce qu'il était.

Don't tell a lie. Be honest. Ne dis pas de mensonge, sois honnête.

Space travel was thought to be impossible. On tenait les voyages spatiaux pour impossible.

Don't lie. Be honest. Ne dis pas de mensonge, sois honnête.

"I can't bear to be doing nothing!" you often hear people say. « Je ne supporte pas de ne rien faire ! » entend-on souvent les gens dire.

Let's be honest. That joke was about me. Soyons honnêtes ! Cette plaisanterie était à mon propos.

Give to every day the chance to be the most beautiful in your life. Donne à chaque jour la chance d'être le plus beau de ta vie.

The night before we were to be married, she had an affair with my best friend. La nuit précédant notre mariage, elle a eu une aventure avec mon meilleur ami.

I'd love to be able to spend less time doing household chores. J'adorerais être capable de passer moins de temps à faire des tâches ménagères.

My computer has got to be useful for something. Il faut bien que mon ordinateur me serve à quelque chose.

You should try to be more polite. Tu devrais essayer d'être plus poli.

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