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

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Ma première préoccupation est ta sécurité. My primary concern is your safety.
Elle est la première de sa classe. She is at the top of her class.
La première Guerre Mondiale a éclaté en 1914. World War I broke out in 1914.
Katsuko est la première de classe en anglais. Katsuko leads her class in English.
La première guerre mondiale a commencé en 1914. World War I began in the year 1914.
Il est tombé du toit la tête la première. He fell from the roof head over heels.
J'ai lu le dictionnaire de la première à la dernière page. I've read the dictionary cover to cover.
Surtout ne lui achète rien : ce mec est un arnaqueur de première ! Above all, don't buy anything from him: he's a blithering swindler.
La première chose que tu as à faire est prendre un bain. The first thing you have to do is take a bath.
C'est une andouille de première classe, intrinsèquement apathique et incapable de penser rationnellement. She is a massive dimwit and inherently apathetic and incapable of rational thought.
C'est une andouille de première catégorie, intrinsèquement apathique et incapable de penser rationnellement. She is a massive dimwit and inherently apathetic and incapable of rational thought.
Un livre tomba de l'étagère et atterrit directement sur sa première de couverture. A book fell from the shelf and landed squarely on its face.
Tom n'en est pas à sa première arrestation pour conduite en état d'ébriété. Tom has a history of arrests for drunken driving.
Adobe et Apple ont tous deux des logiciels d'édition vidéo de toute première catégorie. Adobe and Apple both have top-notch video editing programs.
Je me demande si ce restaurant accepte des clients qui viennent pour la première fois. I wonder if that restaurant accepts unfamiliar customers.
Les chiffres indiquent qu'approximativement deux tiers des étudiants en première année sont indifférents au sujet de la politique. The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais dès la première rencontre, je n'ai pas ressenti qu'il était un étranger. I don't know why but ever since we met I never felt that he was a foreigner.
Le véhicule roulant à vive allure glissa et s'enfonça tête la première dans l'arrière d'un camion avant que son conducteur n'ait pu dire Jack Robinson. The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
Bien que la fourchette ait été déjà introduite sur les tables des personnes bien nanties, plusieurs membres de la royauté, comme Élizabeth Première d'Angleterre ou Louis XIV de France, mangeaient avec leurs doigts. Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.
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