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

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Il y a un besoin urgent de dons de sang. There is an urgent need for blood donations.
Les dons d'entreprises aux organisations politiques sont placés sous haute surveillance. Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
Il avait le don de prophétie. He had the gift of prophecy.
J'ai un don naturel pour les maths. I have a natural talent for maths.
J'ai trahi la foi conjugale, que j'avais jurée à don José, mon mari. I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.
Elle a un don de prophétie. She has a gift for prophecy.
Comme c'est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits au contraire ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire. Just as it is the tendency of great minds to make one hear much with few words, small minds have a talent for talking a lot, and saying nothing.
La musique est un don de Dieu. Music is a God given gift.
L'homme a le don de la parole. Man has the gift of speech.
L'homme a le don de parole qu'aucun animal n'a. Man has the gift of speech which no animal has.
Il méprise le cadeau le plus raffiné que Dieu a fait à l'homme : le don de la raison. He despises the choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason.
Il apprend le chinois tellement vite que tout le monde dit qu'il est très intelligent, voire qu'il a un don inné pour les langues. He learned Chinese so fast, everyone says he's very smart, that he really has a gift with languages.
Ils collectent des dons pour l'église. They are collecting contributions for the church.
Des chercheurs ont découvert que des sujets pouvaient collecter deux fois plus de dons pour les œuvres lorsqu'ils portaient des vêtements de marques. Researchers found that subjects could collect double the amount of money for charity when they were wearing clothes with designer logos.
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