Usage examples of "doux - amer" in French with translation to English

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On dit que le goût de l'amour est amer. It is said that the taste of love is bitter.
Il est doux et noble de mourir pour la patrie. It is sweet and noble to die for one's country.
Le vieil homme est en colère et amer. The old man is angry and bitter.
Je t'ai vue faire les yeux doux à M. Nagashima. I saw you making eyes at Mr Nagashima.
Cette pomme a un goût amer. This apple tastes sour.
J'aime que ce soit doux. I like that it is soft.
Ce café a un goût amer. This coffee tastes bitter.
Cette année, l'hiver est doux, n'est-ce-pas ? C'est très agréable. This year, the winter is mild, isn't it? It's very nice.
Ce thé est trop amer. This tea is too bitter.
Il est gentil plutôt que doux. He is kind rather than gentle.
Ce médicament a un goût amer. The medicine tastes bitter.
Dans son ensemble le climat du Japon est doux. As a whole the climate of Japan is mild.
Cet assaisonnement a un goût amer. This seasoning has a bitter taste.
Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une voix légère passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère. Happy him who with ease can steer, from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Le café est amer. The coffee is bitter.
La rosée de l'aube s'évapore aux doux rayons de soleil. Dawn's dew evaporates in the mild sunbeams.
Les kakis sont hautement nutritifs et un mets très délicat, mais de temps à autre, vous tombez sur un qui est amer. Persimmons are highly nutritious and a great delicacy, but sometimes you get a sour one.
Les pétales de la rose sont très doux. Rose petals are very soft.
Il grimaça, comme si les souvenirs de son amer passé déferlaient tels des vagues à l'intérieur de sa tête. He grimaced as if memories of his bitter past were crashing like waves inside his head.
Le climat est doux dans ce pays. The climate is mild in this country.
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