Sentence examples of "took advantage" in English

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She took advantage of her paid vacation and went skiing. Elle profita de ses congés payés et partit skier.
We took advantage of the fine weather to play tennis. Nous avons profité du beau temps pour jouer au tennis.
He took advantage of the good weather to do some gardening. Il profita du beau temps pour faire un peu de jardinage.
She took advantage of the fine weather to paint the wall. Elle profita du beau temps pour peindre le mur.
She took advantage of our hospitality and stayed a whole month without paying us anything. Elle profita de notre hospitalité et resta un mois entier sans rien nous payer.
You should take advantage of this chance. Tu devrais profiter de cette chance.
You should take advantage of this opportunity. Vous devriez tirer parti de cette chance.
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.
You must take advantage of the opportunity. Tu dois profiter de cette occasion.
You must not take advantage of her innocence. Tu ne dois pas profiter de son innocence.
She took advantage of my ignorance. Elle tira avantage de mon ignorance.
He took advantage of every opportunity he had. Il a saisi toutes les opportunités qui se présentaient à lui.
John took advantage of Bill's weakness. John a tiré avantage de la faiblesse de Bill.
There is no advantage in doing that. Il n'y a pas d'intérêt à faire ça.
It took me three hours to finish my homework. Ça m'a pris trois heures pour finir mes devoirs.
This frame shows the painting to good advantage. Ce cadre met en valeur la toile.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
We’re going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain. Nous allons nous assurer que personne ne tire avantage du peuple étasunien pour son propre profit à court terme.
It took Rei 20 days to get over her injury. Il a fallu 20 jours à Rei pour se remettre de sa blessure.
His height is a great advantage when he plays volleyball. Sa hauteur est un grand avantage quand il joue au volley-ball.
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