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

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Il est tombé une légère pluie hier. There was a light rain yesterday.
Comme j'avais une légère fièvre, je restai au lit. Since I had a slight fever, I stayed in bed.
L'autre équipe nous prit à la légère. The other team took us lightly.
Comme j'avais une légère fièvre, je suis resté au lit. Since I had a slight fever, I stayed in bed.
Vous feriez mieux de ne pas le prendre à la légère. You'd better not make light of him.
Son visage après le bain, avec une légère teinte rouge, était beau au point de la confondre avec quelqu'un d'autre. Her face after the bath, with a slight tinge of red, was beautiful as to mistake her for someone else.
Tu ferais mieux de ne pas le prendre à la légère. You'd better not make light of him.
Les anges peuvent voler parce qu'ils se prennent à la légère. Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.
Tom, ce lourdaud, se tenait à une extrémité de cette phrase, tandis que, trop légère pour le contrebalancer, à l'autre bout, se tenait Mary. Tom, this lumber, sat at one end of this sentence, while, too light to counterbalance him, on the other side, sat Mary.
J'aime les chaussures légères. I like light shoes.
J'ai un léger rhume. I have a slight cold.
Je voudrais quelque chose de léger. I'd like something light.
J'ai un léger mal de tête. I have a slight headache.
J'ai pris un repas léger. I ate a light lunch.
Une cellule nerveuse réagit à un léger stimulus. A nerve cell responds to a slight stimulus.
J'ai fait un repas léger. I had a light lunch.
Elle a dit qu'elle avait un léger rhume. She said she had a slight cold.
Je prends habituellement un petit-déjeuner léger. I usually have a light breakfast.
Aujourd'hui, j'ai un léger mal de tête. I have a slight headache today.
Je fais de légers exercices chaque matin. I take light exercise every morning.
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