Usage examples of "chef" in French with translation to English

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Un chef d'orchestre dirige un orchestre. A conductor directs an orchestra.
Il est le chef du département de vente. He is the head of the sales department.
Ce célèbre chef d'orchestre habite New-York. This famous conductor lives in New York.
Elles agissent de leur propre chef. They're acting on their own.
Il agit de son propre chef. He's acting on his own.
Elle agit de son propre chef. She's acting on her own.
Ils agissent de leur propre chef. They're acting on their own.
Cet homme est mon chef direct. He is directly above me.
Matthew Hopkins chasseur de sorcières en chef. Matthew Hopkins witchfinder general.
Il opina lentement du chef en signe de compréhension. He nodded slowly in comprehension.
Son chef de rayon lui donna un conseil en or. His supervisor gave him a sterling recommendation.
Découvrez votre chef lorsque vous pénétrez dans un lieu de culte. Take your hat off when you enter a house of worship.
Papa a dit qu'il était promu chef de section l'an prochain. Dad said he'd be promoted to section manager next year.
La haute cour a décidé de juger le chef de guerre fugitif par contumace. The high court decided to try the fugitive warlord in abstentia.
Dès que notre chef a arrêté d'être sur notre dos, tout s'est déroulé sans problème. As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.
Employé FSI : "Chef, il y a un site internet où N'IMPORTE QUI peut ajouter une phrase dans une langue étrangère !" Le président du FSI : "Comment ?! Bombardez-les !" FSI officer: "Sir, there is a website where ANYONE can add a sentence in a foreign language!". FSI president: "What?! Bomb them!".
À mon chef de campagne, David Plouffe ! Le héros méconnu de cette campagne, qui a construit la meilleure, la meilleure campagne politique, je pense, dans l'histoire des États-Unis d'Amérique. To my campaign manager, David Plouffe! The unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best, the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
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