Usage examples of "bête de somme" in French with translation to English

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Comme c'est bête de ma part ! How stupid of me!
Il était bête de perdre son argent pour de pareilles broutilles. It was foolish of him to waste his money on such trifles.
La somme des angles d'un triangle vaut 180 degrés. The sum of all the angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.
Plus bête un enfant est, plus mignon il semble à ses parents. The more foolish a child is, the cuter he seems to his parents.
Il a essayé de récupérer son manque de sommeil en faisant un somme. He tried to make up for his lack of sleep by taking a nap.
Je ne suis pas aussi bête que tu le penses. I'm not as stupid as you think I am.
Axiome de Cole : La somme de l’intelligence répartie sur la planète est une constante ; la population augmente. Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
Je suis trop bête... J'essaie de t'expliquer des choses que je ne comprends pas moi-même. I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
Cette somme inclut les taxes. This amount includes tax.
"Le sorcier se déguise en bête, il met une peau sur sa tête et il se promène dans le bourg. C'est mon papa qui me l'a dit." "The sorcerer disguises himself as a beast, he wears a hide over his head and walks around town. It's my daddy who told me that."
Le produit national brut est la somme de la production totale de biens et de services en valeur financière. Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services as measured in monetary value.
Cette bête est énorme ! That animal is huge!
Tatoeba : Parce qu'une langue est bien davantage que la somme de ses mots. Tatoeba: Because a language is more than the sum of its words.
Moins le blanc est intelligent, plus le noir lui paraît bête. The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him.
La somme de ces chiffres ne colle pas. These figures don't add up.
Ne sois pas aussi bête. Don't be so silly.
Il a soudoyé cet homme politique avec une grosse somme d'argent. He bribed that politician with a great deal of money.
Ne soyez pas aussi bête. Don't be so silly.
La somme de deux plus trois plus quatre est neuf. The sum of two plus three plus four is nine.
C'est vraiment bête. That's really stupid.
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