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

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Je vais la demander en mariage. I'm going to propose to her.
N'hésite pas à saisir l'opportunité de la demander en mariage. Don't hesitate to take the opportunity to propose to her.
Je ne veux pas demander ta main ! I don't want to propose to you!
Kevin a acheté une bague et va demander Kim en mariage cette nuit. Kevin has bought a diamond ring and is going to pop the question to Kim tonight.
Je n'ai pas à demander des excuses pour ce que j'ai dit. I don't have to apologize for what I said.
Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de me demander s'il viendra à l'heure. I cannot help wondering if he will come on time.
Je ne peux que me demander si c'est la même chose pour tous les autres. I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.
À dire vrai, j'ai conduit la voiture de mon père sans lui en demander la permission. To tell the truth, I drove my father's car without his permission.
La vitesse à laquelle il débite des phrases albanaises en continu me fait me demander s'il est une machine. The speed at which he keeps churning out sentences in Albanian makes me wonder if 'he' is a machine.
Dès le moment où il est arrivé, il n'arrêtait pas de demander quand est-ce qu'il pourrait partir chez lui. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
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