Sentence examples of "dis" in French with translation "speak"

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Dis ce que tu penses. Speak your mind.
Je ne dis que la vérité. I speak only the truth.
Ne dis pas du mal des autres. Don't speak ill of others.
Il a dit la vérité. He spoke truth.
Dites ce que vous pensez. Speak your mind.
Elle était, pour ainsi dire, notre idole. She was, so to speak, our idol.
Pour le dire franchement, je le déteste. Frankly speaking, I hate him.
Il dit du bien de son fils. He spoke well of her son.
Beaucoup de vérités se disent en plaisantant. Many a true word is spoken in jest.
À dire vrai, je ne l'aime pas. Frankly speaking, I don't like her.
Tout le monde dit du bien d'elle. Everybody speaks well of her.
On a jamais rien dit de plus sage. Wiser words were never spoken.
Il est dit du bien de notre professeur. Our teacher is well spoken of.
Son comportement en disait long sur son éducation. His behavior spoke volumes about his upbringing.
Tous ne disent que du bien de Tony. Everyone always speaks well of Tony.
Dites la vérité, même si votre voix tremble. Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.
Les inventions sont nées, pour ainsi dire, du besoin. Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.
Il ne faut pas dire du mal des morts One should not speak ill of the dead
Mon père est, pour ainsi dire, un idiot savant. My father is, so to speak, a learned fool.
Ils furent pour ainsi dire victimes de la guerre. These were victims of war, so to speak.
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