Sentence examples of "à grain fin" in French
À la fin de sa vie l'avare apprit à être généreux.
Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.
Nous sommes vraiment à court de personnel en fin d'année.
We become very shorthanded at the end of the year.
L'Union européenne a été créée dans le but de mettre fin aux guerres qui ont régulièrement ensanglanté le continent pour aboutir à la Seconde guerre mondiale.
The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which culminated in the Second World War.
Ce ne sont pas les moyens qui importent, mais la fin.
It is not the means which matters, it is the end.
Ce fut une surprise de voir tous les étudiants se comporter avec convenance le soir du bal de fin d’année.
It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
Comme le dit le proverbe : "la fin justifie les moyens".
As the proverb goes, "The end justifies the means."
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