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

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Mon devoir est à faire. My homework remains to be done.
M'aideras-tu avec mon devoir d'anglais ? Will you help me with my English homework?
Merde, je vais encore devoir faire du temps supplémentaire. Rats! I've got to work overtime again.
Aide-moi avec mon devoir, s’il te plaît. Help me with my homework, please.
Le devoir est à faire pour la semaine prochaine. The homework is due next week.
Il venait de finir son devoir lorsque dix heures sonnèrent. He had just finished his homework when the clock struck ten.
Il y a suffisamment de temps pour terminer ce devoir. There is enough time to finish this homework.
Finis ton devoir avant que ton père rentre (à la maison). Finish your homework by the time your father comes home.
Le chien s'est senti coupable d'avoir mangé le devoir. The dog felt guilty about eating the homework.
Vous feriez mieux de relire les commentaires de votre professeur sur votre devoir. You had better read your teacher's comments on your compositions one more time.
Le devoir de maths se révéla plus facile que je ne m'y étais attendu. The math homework proved to be easier than I had expected.
Je tentai de lui expliquer le devoir d'algèbre, mais ça rentra juste par une oreille et ça ressortit pas l'autre. I tried explaining the algebra homework to him but it just went in one ear and out the other.
Alors, cette enfant de quatorze ans apprit, comme dans un devoir, ce que l'on cache aux vierges jusqu'à la nuit des noces. Elle feuilletait les planches de l'Anatomie, ces planches superbes d'une réalité saignante; elle s'arrêtait à chacun des organes, pénétrait les plus secrets, ceux dont on a fait la honte de l'homme et de la femme. Then, this child of fourteen years learned, as in a homework, that which we hide to maidens until their wedding night. She flipped through the drawings of the anatomy book, those superb drawings of a bloody reality. She paused upon each organ, understanding the most secret of them, those upon which is built the shame of men and women.
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