Usage examples of "haut - fonctionnaire" in French with translation to English

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Les garçons ont tendance à regarder de haut leurs jeunes sœurs. Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters.
Le fonctionnaire du gouvernement a parlé au reporter sous couvert d'anonymat. The government official spoke to the reporter on condition of anonymity.
Haut les mains ! Hands up!
La somptueuse résidence d'un fonctionnaire du gouvernement a été pillée. The sumptuous residence of a government official was pillaged.
L'animal en haut à gauche est censé être un dragon. The animal in the top left-hand corner is meant to be a dragon.
Un fonctionnaire du Conseil de Transition a déclaré à la presse qu'il prévoit que la production de pétrole atteigne un million six cent mille barils par jour d'ici un an. A Transitional Council official told the press that he expects oil production to reach 1.6 million barrels per day within a year.
Toute cette affaire pue au plus haut point. This whole affair stinks to high heaven.
Mon père était fonctionnaire et ma mère ne faisait rien non plus. My father was a civil servant, and my mother wasn't doing anything either.
Je soulevai ma fille de telle sorte qu'elle puisse placer l'étoile au haut de l'arbre de Noël. I lifted my daughter up so she could put the star on top of the Christmas tree.
Lorsque les vaches volent haut et les boeufs volent bas, c'est qu'il y a probablement une tornade. When the cow flies high and the ox flies low, there probably is a twister.
Quand Vin Diesel fait des pompes, ce n'est pas lui qui se pousse en haut - c'est la terre qui est poussée en bas. When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
L'exemple ne rentre dans aucune des catégories énoncées plus haut. The example doesn't fall into any type stated above.
Achète bas, vends haut ! Buy low, sell high.
Une plus grande demande pour du café de haute qualité a contribué à tirer les prix vers le haut. Greater demand for high-quality coffee has helped drive coffee prices higher.
Le Burj Khalifa est actuellement le plus haut gratte-ciel au monde. Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world.
Saute aussi haut que tu le peux. Jump as high as you can.
Comment va tout là haut? How are things for you up there?
Elles se tenaient au haut de la colline. They stood on the top of the hill.
Il brandit bien haut le trophée. He held the trophy up high.
Ce livre va sur l'étagère du haut. This book goes on the top shelf.
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