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

Translations:

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Être dans une situation difficile. Between a rock and a hard place.

Il a une moins bonne situation qu'elle. He is beneath her in rank.

Ne te moque pas d'une personne dans une situation difficile. Don't laugh at a person in trouble.

En dépit de tous nos efforts, la situation ne s'est pas améliorée. For all our efforts, things have not turned out better.

Le documentaire est supposé éveiller la conscience à la situation critique des pauvres. The documentary is meant to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor.

La mer monte et descend en fonction de la situation de la Lune. The rise and fall of the sea is governed by the moon.

Elle était dans une situation désespérée, mais s'en est sortie haut la main. She was in dire straits, but made a virtue out of necessity.

Le capitaine ira à la station météorologique pour avoir un compte rendu de la situation actuelle. The captain will go to the meteorological office to get a weather briefing.

Je pensais le tenir dans un coin, mais il fit alors un mouvement inattendu et renversa complètement la situation en ma défaveur. I thought I had him in a corner, but then he pulled an unexpected move and completely turned the tables on me.

Il y a ceux qui, dans une situation désespérée, cherchent assistance dans les prières des autres, mais ne pensent pas à prier pour eux-mêmes. There are those, who, in distress, seek the help of other people's prayers, but have no mind to pray for themselves.

Si possible, les Japonais semblent préférer choisir un conjoint qui leur ressemble, chercher une situation stable qui assure une promotion lente mais régulière et mettre leurs économies à la banque. Japanese seem to prefer picking a marriage partner as much like themselves as possible, finding a job that provides security and slow but steady advancement, and putting money in the bank.

Le cadre d'évaluation de la vitalité et du danger de disparition des langues de l'UNESCO a établi, en deux-mille-dix, six niveaux de vitalité : forte, vulnérable, en danger, sérieusement en danger, en situation critique et morte. UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerement framework has established in 2010 six degrees of vitality: safe, vulnerable, definitely endangered, severely endangered, critically endangered and extinct.

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