Usage examples of "intention" in French with translation to English

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Je laisse le livre chez mon voisin à votre intention. I'll leave the book for you with my neighbour.
C'était exactement son intention. That was exactly what she intended.
Il n'avait pas de mauvaise intention. He meant no harm.
Elle n'avait pas de mauvaise intention. She meant no harm.
Je n'avais pas de mauvaise intention. I meant no harm.
Nous n'avions pas de mauvaise intention. We meant no harm.
J'ai cueilli une pâquerette à son intention. I plucked a daisy for her.
Il n'est pas dans mon intention d'être égoïste. I don't intend to be selfish.
Je n'ai aucune intention de mettre la maison en location. I have no idea of letting the house.
Si le téléphone sonne encore, mon intention est de l'ignorer. If the phone rings again, I plan to ignore it.
Elle ne put le convaincre d'écrire une chanson à son intention. She couldn't convince him to write a song for her.
Cette phrase a-t-elle une intention sérieuse? Bien sûr que non ! Is this sentence meant seriously? Of course not!
On peut dire par son intention qu'elle a vécu dans un pays hispanophone quand elle était jeune. You can tell by her intonation that she lived in a Spanish speaking country when she was young.
J'ai entendu les sirènes se chanter l'une à l'autre. Je ne pense pas qu'elle chanteront à mon intention. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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