Usage examples of "un vrai" in French with translation to English

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C'était un vrai soiffard. He was a real drunkard.

Si vous n'avez jamais pris une pinte de Guinness dans un vrai pub irlandais, je le recommande chaudement. If you've never had a pint of Guinness in a real Irish pub, I highly recommend it.

Mon père trouve que mon petit ami est un vrai barge. My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.

« Je serais un vrai James Bond, habillé comme ça », se dit Dima, puis il entra dans le magasin. "I'd look like a real James Bond in that," Dima said to himself, then entered the store.

C'était un vrai miracle. It was truly a miracle.

Tom est un vrai mec. Tom is a real man.

Est-il un vrai médecin ? Il parle tellement normalement. Is he a real doctor? He talks so normally.

Cela ne peut pas être un vrai diamant. This won't be a real diamond.

C'était un vrai poivrot. He was a real drunkard.

Est-ce un vrai diamant ? Is this diamond real?

Mon paternel pense que mon petit ami est un vrai dingue. My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.

Ce gâteau est un vrai délice. This cake is very delicious.

Ça m'a fait un vrai choc. It gave me quite a shock.

C'est un vrai étalon. He's a real stud.

C'est un vrai gentilhomme. He is a true gentleman.

Twitter n'est pas un vrai ami. Twitter is not a real friend.

Vous n'êtes pas un vrai mathématicien à moins que vous ne froissiez un morceau de papier tous les vingt minutes en signe d'exaspération, regardiez en l'air et sembliez mettre en question jusqu'à votre propre existence. You're not a serious mathematician unless you crumple up a piece of paper in frustration every twenty minutes, look off into space, and appear to be questioning your very existence.

Un vrai ami sera à tes côtés dans les bons moments comme dans les mauvais. A good friend will stand by you through thick and thin.

C'était un vrai ivrogne. He was a real drunkard.

Il a eu un vrai succès. He hit one straight out of the ballpark.

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