Sentence examples of "préparation" in French with translation "preparation"

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Elle nettoyait la maison en préparation de la fête. She was cleaning the house in preparation for a party.
Il échoua l'examen dû à un manque de préparation. He failed in the examination for lack of preparation.
Elle s'entraînait aux révérences dans le miroir en préparation de sa rencontre avec la reine. She practiced curtsying in the mirror in preparation for her meeting with the queen.
Les Grecs inventèrent la virgule, non pour leur littérature mais pour leurs acteurs, pour les avertir de prendre une longue inspiration en préparation d'une longue phrase à venir ; une virgule représente donc une pause. The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.
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