Sentence examples of "se retenir attention" in French

<>
Papa, faisons-nous des grimaces et on va voir qui peut se retenir de rire le plus longtemps. Daddy, let's make faces at each other and see who can keep from laughing the longest.
Elle ne put se retenir de rire. She couldn't hold back her laughter.
Je lui ai donné un conseil auquel il n'a pas prêté attention. I gave him advice, to which he paid no attention.
Elle essaya d'étouffer un sanglot pendant le concert mais elle ne put le retenir. She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.
Il dirigea son attention vers l'image. He turned his attention to the picture.
Son nom est très difficile à retenir. His name is very difficult to remember.
Vous devriez prêter attention à son histoire. You should pay attention to his story.
Combien de temps peux-tu retenir ta respiration ? How long can you hold your breath?
Attention aux e-mails frauduleux. Please beware of fraudulent emails.
Il a essayé de retenir sa colère. He tried to restrain his anger.
Faites attention à ce que vous prétendez être parce que vous êtes ce que vous prétendez. Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.
J'ai failli ne pas pouvoir me retenir de le frapper. I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.
Attention ! Il y a une voiture qui arrive ! Beware! There's a car coming!
Je ne peux plus me retenir de faire pipi. I'm bursting for a pee.
Le chauffeur nous demanda de faire attention en descendant du bus. The driver asked us to take care when getting off the bus.
Jim a pu retenir sa colère et éviter une bagarre. Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.
J'eus la permission d'y aller seul en promettant de faire attention. I was allowed to go off by myself provided that I promised to be careful.
Je ne pouvais retenir ma colère. I couldn't hold back my anger.
Puis-je avoir votre attention s'il vous plaît. May I have your attention, please.
Carole n'a pas pu retenir ses larmes. Carol couldn't choke back her tears.
More
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.

Translation bot

Translation bot

Translate in Telegram

Join for free

PROMT Master NMT

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download