Sentence examples of "paresse" in French

<>
Les gens laborieux méprisent la paresse. Industrious people look down on laziness.
Faites-lui honte de sa paresse. Make him feel ashamed of his laziness.
Les gens travaillants méprisent la paresse. Industrious people look down on laziness.
Je ne peux pas excuser sa paresse. I can't excuse his laziness.
Sa paresse excède la limite de la patience. His laziness is past the margin of endurance.
Sa paresse était de mauvais augure pour l'avenir. His laziness boded ill for the future.
Sa paresse était un mauvais présage pour l'avenir. His laziness is a bad sign for the future.
J'ai honte de la paresse de mon fils. I am ashamed of my son's laziness.
Le succès n'est pas le fruit de la paresse. Success does not come from laziness.
Elle paressa plusieurs heures sur la plage. She idled away many hours on the beach.
Arrête de paresser et bouge-toi ! Quit lazing around and get moving!
Ce n'est pas un crime de paresser toute la journée une fois de temps en temps. It's no crime to just idle the whole day once in a while.
L'échec est dû à sa paresse. The failure is due to his idleness.
Il sermonna son fils pour sa paresse. He admonished his son for being lazy.
Sa paresse provoqua son échec, et avec raison. His idleness resulted in the failure, and with reason.
Il fut sermonné par son instituteur pour sa paresse. He was scolded by his teacher for being lazy.
Il a été grondé par son instituteur pour sa paresse. He was scolded by his teacher for being lazy.
Ce n'est certainement pas par paresse que je ne viens pas à ce cours. I am by no means absent from this class because I am lazy.
Il ne s'est pas repenti de sa paresse avant d'échouer à l'examen. He did not repent of his idleness till he failed in the examination.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.