Usage examples of "haut commandement" 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.
Les militaires ont une chaîne de commandement très stricte. The military has a very strict chain of command.
Haut les mains ! Hands up!
Si Dieu avait ordonné un onzième commandement, je me demande ce que ça aurait été. If God had given an eleventh commandment, I wonder what it would have been.
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.
Nous sommes sous son commandement. We are under his command.
Toute cette affaire pue au plus haut point. This whole affair stinks to high heaven.
Il est bien vrai que celui qui rend à chacun le sien par crainte du gibet agit par le commandement d'autrui et est contraint par le mal qu'il redoute ; on ne peut pas dire qu'il soit juste : mais celui qui rend à chacun le sien parce qu'il connaît la vraie raison des lois et leur nécessité agit en constant accord avec lui-même et par son propre décret, non par le décret d'autrui ; il mérite donc d'être appelé juste. In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.
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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