Sentence examples of "devoir" in French with translation "duty"

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Vous devriez accomplir votre devoir. You should carry out your duty.
C'est ton devoir d'étudier. It is your duty to study.
J'accomplirai mon devoir avec plaisir. I will perform my duties with pleasure.
Elle entreprit de faire son devoir. She endeavored to do her duty.
Je ne fis que mon devoir. I only did my duty.
Elle s'efforça de faire son devoir. She endeavored to do her duty.
Il a rempli son devoir avec circonspection. He performed his duty with deliberation.
Un droit sans devoir est un privilège. A right without a duty is a privilege.
C'est mon devoir de t'aider. It's my duty to help you.
Je n'ai fait que mon devoir. I only did my duty.
En tous cas, j'ai fait mon devoir. In any case, I did my duty.
Il me critiqua pour avoir négligé mon devoir. He criticized me for neglecting my duty.
Il a complètement perdu tout sens du devoir. He has completely lost all sense of duty.
Il sacrifia sa santé pour accomplir son devoir. He sacrificed his health to fulfill his duty.
Il est de ton devoir de terminer ce travail. It's your duty to finish the job.
Il sentit que c'était son devoir de partir. He felt it was his duty to go.
Il est de ton devoir d'achever ce travail. It's your duty to finish the job.
Le devoir d'une fille est dans l'obéissance. The duty of a daughter is in obedience.
Il est de votre devoir de terminer ce travail. It's your duty to finish the job.
Il est de ton devoir de terminer ce boulot. It's your duty to finish the job.
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