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

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Il n'y a qu'en zones urbaines que les transports en commun sont plus rapides que les transports individuels. Public transport is only quicker than private transport in urban areas.

C'est une fille à l'air commun. She's a plain looking girl.

Oublie ça. Il est notre ami commun, après tout. Forget it. He is our mutual friend, after all.

L'instinct de survie est commun à tout être vivant. The instinct for survival is inherent in every living thing.

Dire que la technologie change rapidement est un véritable lieu commun. To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.

Il commença à croire que quelques amis en commun l'avait calomnié. He began to think that some mutual friend had been slandering him.

Cet hôtel est bien situé en ce qui concerne les transports en commun. This hotel is conveniently located in terms of public transportation.

Les sages s'entretiennent des idées, les intellectuels des faits, et le commun des mortels, de ce qu'ils mangent. Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

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