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

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Un incendie éclata au cours de la nuit. A fire broke out during that night.
Le cours des actions a baissé. Stock prices dropped.
J’étais seul dans la salle de cours. I was alone in the classroom.
L'enquête est en cours. The investigation is under way.
Les données suggèrent que la durée optimale d’un cours magistral serait de 30 au lieu de 60 minutes. The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.
Elle prend des cours du soir. She goes to night school.
Quel est le cours du change What is the exchange rate
Je suis né au cours de la Guerre Froide. I was born during the Cold War.
Je voudrais vérifier les cours des actions d'hier... I would like to check yesterday's stock prices...
Il y a un grand homme dans la salle de cours. There is a tall man in the classroom.
Il est resté muet au cours de cette discussion. He remained dumb during this discussion.
Le cours des actions a baissé pendant cinq jours de suite. Stock prices declined for five consecutive days.
Ma mère est morte au cours de mon absence. My mother died during my absence.
Le cours des actions a plongé vers un record à la baisse. Stock prices plunged to a record low.
Des restes humains furent trouvés au cours de l'excavation Human remains were found during the excavation.
Au cours de son discours il y eut un étrange incident. A strange incident happened during his speech.
Ton cou s'est-il épaissi au cours de l'année passée ? Has your neck thickened during the previous year?
Il y a beaucoup de dangers au cours d'une grosse tempête. There's a lot of danger during a big storm.
Il a accumulé une fortune immense au cours de l'après-guerre. He accumulated a tremendous fortune during the post war.
Il dit qu'il n'a jamais attrapé froid au cours de ces dernières années. He says he has never caught cold during the past several years.
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