Sentence examples of "took advantage" in English

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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.

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 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 must take advantage of the opportunity. Tu dois profiter de cette occasion.

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 should take advantage of this chance. Tu devrais profiter de cette chance.

You must not take advantage of her innocence. Tu ne dois pas profiter de son innocence.

John took advantage of Bill's weakness. John a tiré avantage de la faiblesse de Bill.

He took advantage of every opportunity he had. Il a saisi toutes les opportunités qui se présentaient à lui.

She took advantage of my ignorance. Elle tira avantage de mon ignorance.

There is no advantage in staying here. Il n'y a aucun intérêt à rester ici.

I had a headache, and I took the day off today. J'avais mal à la tête et j'ai pris un jour de congé aujourd'hui.

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 took charge of the expenses. Il se chargea de grandes dépenses.

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.

I know the photographer who took this picture. Je connais le photographe qui a pris cette photo.

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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