Sentence examples of "se devoir" in French with translation "owe"

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Translations: all17 owe15 be necessary2
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Je ne te dois rien ! I don't owe you squat!
Je te dois la vie. I owe you my life.
Je te dois 3000 yen. I owe you 3,000 yen.
Je te dois dix dollars. I owe you ten dollars.
Tu me dois une fière chandelle. You owe me one.
Je te dois tout mon succès. I owe my success to you.
De nombreux vols furent annulés en raison du typhon. Many flights were canceled, owing to the typhoon.
De nombreux vols ont été annulés en raison du typhon. Many flights were canceled, owing to the typhoon.
Nous devons une part de notre succès à la chance. We owe part of our success to luck.
J'ai oublié que je te dois de l'argent. I forgot I owed you money.
Je n'y suis pas allé en raison du mauvais temps. Owing to bad weather, I didn't go.
Pour en venir à l'essentiel, tu me dois quelque chose. To come down to brass tacks, you owe me something.
Je te dois une fière chandelle de m'avoir sorti de ce pétrin. I owe you a big one for getting me out of the jam.
Se faire du souci est comme de payer une dette qu'on ne devrait pas. Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
Si vous devez mille livres à votre banquier, vous êtes à sa merci, mais si vous lui devez un million de livres, il est à la vôtre. If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
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