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

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Ils ont leurs propres problèmes. They have their own troubles.
Dix maisons ont été incendiées. Ten houses were burned down.
Ils nous ont presque eus. They almost got us.
Ces champignons ont un effet émétique. Si on absorbe de l'alcool après en avoir mangé, on se sent très malade. These mushrooms have a revulsive effect. If you drink alcohol after having eaten them, you will feel very sick.
Des chercheurs ont découvert que des sujets pouvaient collecter deux fois plus de dons pour les œuvres lorsqu'ils portaient des vêtements de marques. Researchers found that subjects could collect double the amount of money for charity when they were wearing clothes with designer logos.
Ces sources chaudes ont le pouvoir de guérir les blessures. These hot springs possess properties for healing wounds.
Les humains ont deux pieds. Man has two feet.
Ils ont été faits prisonniers. They were taken prisoner.
Ils nous ont presque chopés. They almost got us.
Chokichi sentait vivement que les gens, à mesure qu'ils vieillissent, oublient entièrement les soucis que seuls les jeunes peuvent connaître et dont ils ont eux-mêmes fait l'expérience dans leur jeunesse ; et qu'ils prennent nonchalamment cette attitude facile où ils jugent durement les circonstances des jeunes de la nouvelle génération. Il sentait qu'il y avait réellement une distance irréconciliable entre les vieux et les jeunes. Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.
Ils ont des idées différentes. They had different ideas.
Les dommages ont été faits. The damage has been done.
Ils ont annoncés qu'ils allaient divorcer. They announced that they were getting a divorce.
Les murs ont des oreilles. The walls have ears.
Les prisonnières ont été libérées. The prisoners were set free.
Les chats ont horreur de se mouiller. Cats hate to get wet.
Ils ont les mêmes habitudes. They have the same habits.
Elles ont les pieds sales. Their feet are dirty.
Ils ont obtenu la poignée du bâton. They got the short end of the stick.
Ils ont maintenant trois enfants. Now they have three children.
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