Sentence examples of "aller de soi" in French

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Il va de soi que l'idéologie est dépassée. It goes without saying that the ideology is behind the times.
Cela va de soi que la santé est l'essentiel. It goes without saying that health is most important.
Il va de soi que la clé du succès est l'honnêteté. It goes without saying that honesty is the key to success.
Qu'est-ce qui pourrait aller de travers ? What could go wrong?
Je pensais qu'il allait de soi qu'elle viendrait. I took it for granted that she would come.
J'ai pris un taxi pour aller de la gare à l'hôtel. I took a taxi from the station to the hotel.
C'est bien de pouvoir concentrer tout son esprit sur son travail. Mais on oublie complètement les gens autour de soi. It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on your work, but you're completely ignoring the people around you.
Vous pouvez aller de Washington à New-York en train. You can go from Washington to New York by train.
Elle le laissa payer l'addition comme si ça allait de soi. She let him pay the bill as a matter of course.
Cela me donne de la force pour aller de l'avant. This gives me the strength to go on.
Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi. Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
Nous avons pris le ferry pour aller de l'île au continent. We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.
Tout ce qui peut aller de travers le fera. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.
Beaucoup parler de soi peut être aussi un moyen de se dissimuler. To talk about oneself a great deal can also be a means of concealing oneself.
Tom ne semble tout simplement pas pouvoir aller de pair avec Mary. Tom just can't seem to get along with Mary.
De nos jours, la liberté d'expression est considérée comme allant de soi. Freedom of speech is now taken as a matter of course.
Douter de soi est le premier signe d'intelligence. To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.
Celui qui est amoureux de soi a au moins l'avantage de ne point avoir trop de rivaux. He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
Nous ne pouvons malheureusement plus considérer le plein emploi comme allant de soi. Unfortunately, full employment can no longer be taken for granted.
Il va de soi que le commerce du riz est un secteur en déclin. Needless to say, dealing in rice is a declining industry.
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