Sentence examples of "avoir malchance" in French

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Mon tableau commence à avoir de la gueule. My painting is starting to look pretty cool.
Il attribue sa pauvreté à la malchance. He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.
Pour avoir le droit de conduire, tu as besoin d'un permis. To be allowed to drive you need a licence.
Elle a attribué son échec à la malchance. She ascribed her failure to bad luck.
Ils m'accusèrent de ne pas avoir tenu ma promesse. They accused me of having broken my promise.
Certaines personnes superstitieuses en Amérique, croient que si un chat noir croise votre chemin, vous aurez de la malchance. Some superstitious people in America believe that if a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck.
Il nie avoir fait cela. He denies having done it.
Il attribue souvent ses échecs à la malchance. He often attributes his failures to bad luck.
Il ne devrait pas y avoir de déviants sexuels. There should be no kinks.
Elle perdit son chemin, et pour comble de malchance, il se mit à pleuvoir. She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.
"Quand regardes-tu la télévision ?" "Après avoir dîné." "When do you watch TV?" "I watch TV after dinner."
Il doit avoir la cinquantaine passée. He must be over fifty.
J'ai peur de ne plus avoir de café. I'm afraid I've run short of coffee.
Vous devez avoir beaucoup d'endurance pour être un athlète olympique. You have to have a lot of stamina to be an Olympic athlete.
Il est le seul à avoir survécu. He's the only one who survived.
Il semble avoir quitté le pays. He seems to have left the country.
Une minute plus tôt, et ils auraient pu avoir le bus. One minute earlier, and they could have caught the bus.
Après avoir quitté l'école, il est allé à Londres. After he left school, he went to London.
Nous avons grimpé plus haut pour avoir une meilleure vue. We climbed higher so that we might get a better view.
Avoir des idées fausses de ce que sont les mathématiques est encore plus ordinaire que de ne pas savoir comment on épelle mon nom. Having misconceptions of what mathematics is is even more ordinary than not knowing how to spell my name.
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