Sentence examples of "à corps perdu" in French
C'était une grande tragédie pour eux d'avoir perdu leur fils unique.
It was a great tragedy for them to lose their only son.
En raison d'une grave maladie, il ne peut pas mouvoir son corps comme la plupart des gens le peuvent.
Because of a serious disease, he can't move his body as most people can.
Je dois retoucher mes vêtements parce que j'ai perdu du poids.
I have to alter my clothes because I've lost weight.
Une maison sans amour n'est pas plus une maison qu'un corps sans âme n'est un homme.
A home without love is not a home any more than a body without a soul is a man.
Le corps affreusement décomposé d'une jeune fille fut trouvé sur le côté de l'autoroute.
The badly decomposed body of a young girl was found on the side of a highway.
Quand on est endormi, l'activité corporelle ralentit et la température du corps chute.
While you are asleep, the bodily functions slow down and body temperature falls.
Il a perdu une grande partie de sa fortune en spéculant.
He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.
Le centre politique a de plus en plus perdu son sens.
The political centre has increasingly lost direction.
Le voleur a tenté de plonger le couteau dans le corps du garçon.
The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
Il a perdu une montre que je lui avais achetée la semaine d'avant.
He lost a watch which I had bought him a week before.
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