Sentence examples of "après" in French with translation "on"

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Après réflexion, je pense que je vais prendre une part de cette tarte. On second thought, I think I will have a slice of that pie.
Après avoir fini le ménage, elle s'assit sur le canapé et regarda la télévision. Having finished all her housework, she sat down on the sofa to watch television.
Le commerçant en avait assez de courir après ses débiteurs et il exigea désormais le paiement en totalité. The shopkeeper was tired of chasing his debtors so from then on he demanded payment in full.
Après que les aimants furent placés sur leurs têtes, ils n'ont pu retrouver leur chemin jusqu'à leur nid. With the magnets mounted on their heads, they were unable to find their way home.
Elle est née dans une génération juste après l'esclavage ; à une époque où il n'y avait ni voitures sur la routes ni avions dans le ciel ; à une époque où quelqu'un comme elle ne pouvait pas voter pour deux raisons — parce qu'elle était une femme et à cause de la couleur de sa peau. She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
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