Usage examples of "général de brigade" in French with translation to English

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Le quartier général de Napoléon était dans un moulin désaffecté. Napoleon's headquarters were in an unused windmill.
Il demanda au général de retirer son ordre. He asked the general to take back his order.
Avec le roi sans héritier devenant fou et la famille royale empoisonnée, le général de l'armée avait enfin sa chance d'usurper le trône. With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.
Dans l'image suivante, nous voyons un cliché aérien du quartier général de la société. In this next slide we see an aerial shot of the company headquarters.
Nous nous référons au principe le plus général de la physique classique, à savoir la conservation de l'énergie. We are referring to the most general principle in all classical physics, that of conservation of energy.
Nous nous référons au principe le plus général de toute la physique classique, celui de la conservation de l'énergie. We are referring to the most general principle in all classical physics, that of conservation of energy.
Il n'y a pas de raison pour laquelle, dans une société qui est parvenue au niveau général de richesse que la nôtre a atteint, le premier niveau de sécurité ne puisse pas être garanti à tous, sans mettre en péril la liberté de tous. (...) Il ne peut y avoir de doute qu'un minimum de nourriture, d'abri et de vêtements, suffisants pour préserver la santé et la capacité de travailler, peut être assuré à chacun. There is no reason why in a society which has reached the general level of wealth which ours has attained the first kind of security should not be guaranteed to all without endangering general freedom. (...) there can be no doubt that some minimum of food, shelter and clothing, sufficient to preserve health and the capacity to work, can be assured to everybody.
Nous tentâmes d'éteindre le feu mais sans succès. Nous dûmes appeler la brigade des pompiers. We tried to put out the fire but we were unsuccessful. We had to call the fire brigade.
Le paragraphe 214, selon mon opinion une des dispositions encore plus étranges du Code administratif général du Land de Schleswig-Holstein, semble stipuler que quelqu'un qui enlève une personne à une autre, doit lui en délivrer un reçu. Section 214, in my opinion one of the stranger provisions of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein's General Administrative Code, seems to imply that somebody who kidnaps a person from another one, must deliver the latter a receipt, to that effect.
Il était général durant la deuxième guerre mondiale. He was a general in the Second World War.
L'article 214b, selon mon opinion une des dispositions encore plus étranges du Code administratif général du Land de Schleswig-Holstein, semble stipuler que quelqu'un qui voit un éléphant rose doit lui délivrer un reçu. Section 214b, in my opinion one of the stranger provisions of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein's General Administrative Code, seems to imply that somebody who sees a pink elephant must give it a receipt.
Les femmes vivent en général plus longtemps que les hommes. Women usually live longer than men.
Et pas seulement cela, les marchandises dans les magasins de la marque étaient en général plus chères que partout ailleurs. And not only that, the goods in the company shop were usually more expensive than elsewhere.
Un âne à deux pieds peut devenir général et rester âne. A two-legged donkey can become general and remain a donkey.
Il a été condamné à une peine de travail d'intérêt général. He was sentenced to community service.
En général, les femmes vivent dix ans de plus que les hommes. Generally, women live 10 years longer than men.
Notre nouveau quartier général se trouve à Tokyo. Our new head office is in Tokyo.
En général, les petites filles adorent les poupées. In general, little girls are fond of dolls.
En général je vais me coucher à dix heures. I usually go to bed at ten.
En général, les êtres humains veulent être bons, mais pas trop bon et pas tout à fait tout le temps. On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
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