Usage examples of "comme compensation" in French with translation to English

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Il reçut une importante somme d'argent en compensation de sa blessure. He received a large sum of money in compensation for his injury.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Aime ton prochain comme toi-même. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple. Left-hand threads have now become unsual in mechanics but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance.
Comme d'habitude avec lui, il est arrivé en retard. As is often the case with him, he came late.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
La persévérance, comme vous le savez, est la clé du succès. Perseverance, as you know, is the key to success.
Il laça la chaussure de son fils en faisant un double nœud et il dit : «Voilà, ça devrait aller comme ça.» He tied his son's shoe with a double knot and said, "There, that should do the trick."
Le monde est comme un livre, ceux qui ne voyagent pas n'en lisent qu'une page. The world is like a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
Il considère l'éducation soi-disant obligatoire comme inutile. He regards so-called compulsory education as useless.
Comme elle chante bien ! How beautifully she sings!
On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases. One becomes a good writer just as one becomes a good carpenter: by planing down one's sentences.
Il a établi son fils comme boulanger. He set his son up as a baker.
Je parle comme si je savais tout. I talk as if I knew everything.
Je me suis présenté comme maïeur. I ran for mayor.
Je te vois comme dans la réalité. I see you as in reality.
Pour une raison quelconque, les gens m'ont évitée comme la peste depuis que je suis revenu d'Inde. For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
Elle est réputée comme chanteuse. She is noted as a singer.
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