Sentence examples of "peste" in French

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Translations: all5 plague4 pestilence1
Des milliers de personnes sont mortes pendant la peste. Thousands of people died during the plague.
Il y a une règle qui fonctionne pour chaque calamité. Que ce soit la peste, la guerre ou la famine ; les riches s'enrichissent et les pauvres s'appauvrissent. Les pauvres y contribuent, même. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Autrefois, les épidémies de peste tuaient de nombreuses personnes. In ancient times, plagues killed many people.
Pour une raison quelconque, les gens m'ont évitée comme la peste depuis que je suis revenu d'Inde. For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
Pour une raison quelconque, les gens m'ont évité comme la peste depuis que je suis revenu d'Inde. For some reason, people have been avoiding me like the plague ever since I got back from India.
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