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

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Ces patients ont du mal à marcher. These patients have trouble walking.
Ils eurent du mal à trouver l'endroit. They had trouble finding the place.
J'ai toujours du mal à me souvenir des noms. I always have trouble remembering names.
J'ai eu du mal à trouver sa maison hier. I had some trouble finding her house yesterday.
Il nous donne beaucoup de mal, mais je l'aime quand même. He gives us a lot of trouble, but I like him all the same.
Le pont leur a fait gagner pas mal de temps et épargné beaucoup de soucis. The bridge saved them a lot of time and trouble.
Linda a seize ans mais n'a aucun mal à passer pour une fille de 20 ans. Linda is sixteen, but had no trouble passing for twenty.
Après tout le mal que l'on s'était donné pour faire aboutir ce projet, il leur a seulement pris une seconde pour l'éliminer au congrès. After all the trouble we went to in coming up with that project, it only took them a second to shoot it down in the meeting.
Il souffre de maux de tête. He has a headache.
Il souffrait de maux de tête. He was suffering from a bad headache.
Ça me cause des maux de tête ! That gives me a headache!
Ce médicament combat les maux de tête. This drug acts against headache.
Ma mère souffre souvent de maux de tête. My mother often suffers from headaches.
Elle se plaint de maux de tête, et cela très souvent. She complains of headaches, and that very often.
Sérieusement, tu devrais aller chez le médecin pour tes maux de tête. Joking apart, you ought to see a doctor about your headache.
Aux grands maux les grands remèdes Desperate times call for desperate measures
Il souffrait fréquemment de maux de dents. He often suffered from toothaches.
Il souffrait souvent de maux de dents. He often suffered from toothache.
J'eus d'affreux maux d'estomac. I had a bad stomachache.
Je ne supporte pas les maux de têtes. I cannot stand headaches.
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