Sentence examples of "en gros" in French
En gros, il devait y avoir une trentaine de personnes dans le bus.
Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
La souris fut attirée dans le piège à l'aide d'un gros morceau de fromage.
The mouse was lured into the trap by a big piece of cheese.
Ce n'est pas immoral pour un romancier de mentir. Au contraire, plus les mensonges sont gros et habiles, et plus les gens du peuple et les critiques vous louangeront.
It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.
Ouah, quel gros coucou ! Oui, c'est un coucou de grand-père.
Wow, that's a big clock! Yes, it's a grandfather clock.
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