Usage examples of "quelques-uns" in French with translation to English

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Translations: all12 some9 a few3

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Quelques-uns l'accusèrent même de trahison. Some even accused him of treason.

Donne-m'en quelques-uns. Give me a few.

Quelques-uns construisirent des maisons partiellement souterraines. Some built houses partly underground.

Quelques-uns étaient soûls la plupart du temps. A few were drunk most of the time.

Je veux quelques-uns de ces livres. I want some of these books.

Bob a donné à Tina presque toute sa collection de timbres, et n'en a gardé que quelques-uns pour lui. Bob gave Tina almost all the stamps he had collected, and kept only a few for himself.

Je vais vous en montrer quelques-uns. I will show you some.

Je vous prêterais quelques-uns des livres de mon frère. I'd lend you some of my brother's books.

Quelques-uns des ingrédients de cette boisson sont nuisibles, spécialement si vous êtes enceinte. Some of the ingredients in this beverage are harmful, especially if you are pregnant.

Quelques-uns de mes camarades de classe aiment le volley-ball tandis que d'autres apprécient le tennis. Some of my classmates like volleyball and the others enjoy tennis.

Tous les hommes aimeraient être comme Dieu, si c'était possible ; quelques-uns trouvent difficile d'en admettre l'impossibilité. Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.

Le jeune homme riche et complaisant se sentait étrangement attiré par la stricte vie ascétique menée par les membres de quelques-uns des ordres monastiques. The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.

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