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

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La banque était dirigée par des citoyens privés. The bank was run by private citizens.
La guerre les a privés de leur bonheur. The war deprived them of their happiness.
Nous avons été privés d’électricité à cause de la tempête. We lost our electricity because of the storm.
On devrait supposer que les courriels ne sont pas privés. You should assume that email messages aren't private.
Si les gens qui fument sont privés de leurs cigarettes, ils deviennent nerveux et irritables. If people who smoke are deprived of their cigarettes, they get nervous and irritable.
L'année passée, la société a été vendue à des investisseurs privés. Last year, the company was sold to private investors.
Tom a un jet privé. Tom has a private jet.
L'accident le priva de la vue. The accident deprived him of his sight.
Il engagea un détective privé. He hired a private investigator.
Cette loi nous privera de nos droits fondamentaux. This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
Pouvons-nous parler en privé ? Can we talk in private?
La guerre les a privées de leur bonheur. The war deprived them of their happiness.
On peut parler en privé ? Can we talk in private?
Il priva ma petite sœur de tous ses jouets. He deprived my little sister of all her toys.
Elle engagea un détective privé. She hired a a private investigator.
Aucun citoyen ne devrait être privé de ses droits. No citizen should be deprived of his rights.
C'est une propriété privée. This is private property.
La pauvreté a privé ce garçon d'une éducation. Poverty deprived the boy of education.
Je veux te parler en privé. I'd like to talk with you in private.
Presque la seule fois où un gros homme perd son sang-froid est lorsqu'on le prive de sa nourriture. Almost the only time a fat man loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food.
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