Usage examples of "fait accompli" in French with translation to English

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Nous considérons comme un fait accompli qu'il rencontrera le succès dans ses affaires. We take it for granted that he will succeed in his business.
Ce que nous avons déjà accompli nous donne de l'espoir pour ce que nous pouvons et devons accomplir demain. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
Qu'est-ce qui rend compte du fait que les femmes vivent plus longtemps que les hommes ? What accounts for the fact that woman outlive men?
Tom était déterminé à ne rentrer qu'une fois son travail accompli. Tom was determined to finish the job before he went home.
Elle me fait souvent des blagues. She would often play tricks on me.
Avez-vous accompli vos objectifs ? Did you accomplish your goals?
Cela fait trois ans qu'il est mort. It is three years since he died.
Rien n'est accompli sans effort. Nothing is achieved without effort.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Il a accompli sa tâche sans entrain. He did the work against his will.
Réfléchis à ce que tu as fait. Reflect on what you have done.
Ce travail est assez simple pour être accompli par une enfant. This work is simple enough for a child to do.
Ça m'a fait rire. That made me laugh.
Il n'y a rien d'effroyable à propos d'une mort normale, naturelle, la mort d'un homme qui s'est accompli et a vécu complètement sa vie. There is nothing frightening about a normal, natural death, the death of a man who has fulfilled himself and lived out his life.
Il fait une bonne action par jour. He does a kind act once a day.
As-tu déjà accompli cette tâche ? Have you already completed this task?
Il a dit qu'il pouvait courir 200 kilomètres en une journée et il l'a fait. He said he would run 200 kilometers in a day and he did.
Ce travail est assez simple pour être accompli par un enfant. This work is simple enough for a child to do.
On va voir de quoi tu es fait. Let's see what you're made of.
J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades. I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
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