Usage examples of "être mal reçu" in French with translation to English

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Tout ce qui peut être mal compris le sera. Anything that can be misunderstood will be.
Le signe pour "frères et sœurs" dans la langue des signes japonaise pourrait bien être mal interprété par de nombreux Étasuniens, avec des conséquences désastreuses. The sign for siblings in Japanese sign language could well be misunderstood by many Americans with disastrous consequences.
J'espère être reçu aux examens. I hope to graduate at the exams.
Il a reçu pas mal de lettres, ce matin. He received quite a few letters this morning.
Ça ne te fera pas aucun mal de te trouver ridicule. Résigne-toi à être l'idiot que tu es. It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are.
Je n'aime pas les bords mal coupés. I don't like raw cut edges.
Nous avons reçu un accueil cordial de leur part. We received a cordial welcome from them.
Le capitalisme d'état pourrait être démocratique ou autoritaire. State Capitalism could be democratic or authoritarian.
J'ai du mal à résoudre ce problème. This problem is difficult for me to solve.
Je n'ai jamais reçu l'argent. I never received the money.
Nul doute que tu dois être exténué après avoir travaillé toute la journée. You must be worn out after working all day.
Les yeux me font mal. My eyes are sore.
J'ai reçu mon cadeau d'anniversaire. I received my birthday present.
Son histoire ne peut être vraie. His story cannot be true.
Il a pas mal d'enregistrements. He has quite a few records.
Tom reçu un appel d'une personne qui s'appelait Mary. Tom got a call from someone named Mary.
Je ne voudrais pas être juge. I wouldn't want to be a judge.
Tu t'es en quelque sorte débrouillé pour mal interpréter ce que j'ai dit. You've somehow managed to misconstrue what I have said.
Le paragraphe 214, selon mon opinion une des dispositions encore plus étranges du Code administratif général du Land de Schleswig-Holstein, semble stipuler que quelqu'un qui enlève une personne à une autre, doit lui en délivrer un reçu. Section 214, in my opinion one of the stranger provisions of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein's General Administrative Code, seems to imply that somebody who kidnaps a person from another one, must deliver the latter a receipt, to that effect.
La première fois que tu rencontres une personne, tu devrais être attentif à la proximité avec laquelle tu te tiens par rapport à elle. The first time you meet people, you should be careful about how near you stand to them.
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