Sentence examples of "ferme" in French with translation "firm"

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Il a une poignée de main ferme. He has a good firm handshake.
Il me donna une poignée de main ferme. He gave me a firm hand grasp.
Nous avons besoin d'un devis ferme pour lundi. We need a firm quotation by Monday.
Ils se séparèrent sur une poignée de main ferme. They parted with a firm handshake.
La première fois, elle ne fut pas bien ferme avec lui. The first time, she wasn't very firm with him.
Ne crois-tu pas que cette gelée est déjà suffisamment ferme pour être mangée ? Do you think this jelly's firm enough to eat yet?
La musculation est son passe-temps c'est pourquoi il a un corps très ferme avec des muscles bien découpés. Bodybuilding is his hobby so he has a very firm tight body with lots of muscle definition.
C'est ce que je j'essaierai de faire - de dire la vérité du mieux que je peux, avec humilité devant la tâche qui nous attend, et ferme dans ma conviction que les intérêts que nous partageons comme êtres humains sont bien plus puissants que les forces qui nous séparent. That is what I will try to do – to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.
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