Usage examples of "bon vivant" in French with translation to English

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N'importe quoi auquel tu es bon contribue au bonheur. Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Où puis-je faire l'acquisition d'un tigre vivant ? Where can I buy a live tiger?
Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.
C'est le plus grand artiste vivant. He is the greatest living artist.
Il a donné un bon conseil. He gave a good piece of advice.
Les femmes croient au fond de leur coeur que les hommes sont faits pour gagner de l'argent afin qu'elles puissent le dépenser, si c'est possible, pendant que leur mari est vivant, ou au moins après sa mort. Women in their hearts think that men are intended to earn money so that they may spend it, if possible during their husband’s lifetime, but at any rate after his death.
Tout le monde ne croyait pas que ce plan était bon. Not everyone believed this plan was a good one.
Le robot semblait tellement vivant que c'était terrifiant. The robot was so lifelike that it was creepy.
Apparemment, il devient difficile d'obtenir un bon poste. Apparently, it's getting difficult to find a good position.
Ces moustiques me dévorent vivant ! These mosquitos are eating me alive!
C'est un mauvais vent qui ne souffle rien de bon. It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Ils ont réussi à capturer le tigre vivant. They succeeded in catching the tiger alive.
C'est bon d'être à la maison. It's good to be home.
La guerre ne décide pas qui a raison - seulement qui est vivant. War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
Un bon poulet rôti est un de mes plats favoris. A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
Rien ne reste aussi vivant dans notre esprit que les impressions que nous avons reçues dans notre jeunesse. Nothing is left so vividly in our mind as the impressions we received in our younger days.
Il a la capacité à élaborer un bon plan. He has the ability to make a good plan.
Une langue est un système vivant qui évolue avec le temps. A language is a living system that evolves during time.
Du point de vue de la santé, Tokyo n'est pas tellement un bon endroit pour vivre. From the viewpoint of health, Tokyo is not such a good place to live.
Pour une certaine raison je me sens plus vivant la nuit. For some reason I feel more alive at night.
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