Usage examples of "être dans le bon sens" in French with translation to English

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La grande majorité des élèves lycéens que je connais ne savent pas lire un mot qu'ils ignorent ni agencer les lettres dans le bon ordre, sans parler de prononcer le mot de façon correcte ou naturelle. The vast majority of high school students I know can't read an unknown word and pronounce the letters in the right order, let alone pronounce it correctly or naturally.
Je n'ai pas eu le bon sens de le faire. I didn't have the sense to do so.
Je crois être dans le vrai. I believe I am in the right.
Je n'eus pas le bon sens de le faire. I didn't have the sense to do so.
Il a assez de bon sens pour ne pas y aller seul. He knows better than to go there alone.
Comment distingues-tu le bon anglais du mauvais anglais ? How can you tell good English from bad English?
Être dans une pièce remplie de fumeurs est mon aversion. Being in a room full of smokers is my pet peeve.
Vous pensiez à quoi en laissant les loyalistes dans le château ? What do you think you're doing letting the loyalists into the castle?
Tu as vraiment un bon sens de l'orientation. You have a really good sense of direction.
Veuillez inscrire la taille, la couleur et le style sur le bon de commande. Indicate size, color, and style on the order form.
Elle ne peut être dans cet hôtel puisqu'elle est retournée au Canada. She cannot be staying at this hotel, because she has gone back to Canada.
« Est-ce de l'arabe ? » « Non, c'est du ouïghour — une langue parlée dans le Nord-Ouest de la Chine. » "Is this Arabic?" "No, it's Uyghur - a language that's spoken in northwestern China."
Je jouissais de beaucoup de bon sens lorsque j'étais jeune mais cela semble s'être essoufflé. I had a lot of gumption when I was young but now it seems to have all petered out.
Le bon citoyen obéit à la loi. A good citizen obeys the laws.
Si tu y vas par le bus, tu peux y être dans environ trois fois moins de temps. If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
Il a lancé sa ligne dans le lac. He cast his line into the lake.
Elle n'a pas assez de bon sens. She lacks common sense.
Continuez le bon boulot. Keep up the good work.
Un espion peut être dans les environs. A spy may be about.
Du bambou pousse dans le jardin. There's bamboo growing in the garden.
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