Usage examples of "au sens strict" in French with translation to English

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Il était strict dans l'éducation de ses enfants. He was strict in disciplining his children.
Son discours n'avait aucun sens pour moi. His speech made no sense to me.
Il n'est pas très strict à propos de ça. He is not very strict about it.
Connaissez-vous le sens de ce mot ? Do you know the meaning of this word?
Elle lui conseilla d'entreprendre un régime strict. She advised him to go on a strict diet.
Tu ne sens pas la maison trembler ? Don't you feel the house shaking?
Elle lui a conseillé d'entreprendre un régime strict. She advised him to go on a strict diet.
Danny n'a pas le sens de la beauté. Danny has no sense of beauty.
Notre instituteur est strict, et pourtant, il est gentil. Our teacher is strict, and yet, he is kind.
N'as-tu donc pas le sens de la justice ? Don't you have a sense of justice?
Quelle est le sens de cela ? What's the meaning of that?
Tu sens si bon. You smell so nice.
La pauvreté est, dans un sens, une bénédiction. Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
Il a assez de bon sens pour ne pas y aller seul. He knows better than to go there alone.
Un bébé n'a pas de sens moral. A baby has no moral compass.
Même si tes phrases étaient effectivement vides de sens, au moins tu as la chance de savoir faire de belles phrases. Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.
Ce mot a un double sens. This word has a double meaning.
Ça n'a aucun sens. That doesn't make sense.
Tu ferais mieux de consulter un dictionnaire quand tu ne connais pas le sens d'un mot. You had better consult a dictionary when you don't know the meaning of a word.
Tu as vraiment un bon sens de l'orientation. You have a really good sense of direction.
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