Usage examples of "Fragile Five" in English with translation to French

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I will have been studying English for five years next February. À partir de février prochain, je vais étudier l'anglais pendant cinq ans.

My chest had become softer than the fig tree's fruit and my heart had become more fragile than the fig tree's leaves. Ma poitrine était devenue plus vulnérable que le fruit du figuier et mon cœur plus fragile que ses feuilles.

He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room. Il ne pouvait s'empêcher de voir que tu étais à peu près cinq fois plus jolie que toutes les autres femmes dans la pièce.

Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors. Les fleurs sont si fragiles et si belles, qu'on ne peut pas en parler sans poésie ni métaphores.

He has more than five dictionaries. Il a plus de cinq dictionnaires.

These boxes are fragile. Ces boîtes sont fragiles.

Tom wanted to lose five pounds before summer vacation. Tom voulait perdre 2 kilos avant les vacances d'été.

I never said I was fragile. Je n'ai jamais dit que j'étais fragile.

I've been living in Canada for five years. Ça fait 5 ans que j'habite au Canada.

Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd. Quatre ou cinq stylos dans sa poche de chemise, ça trahit bien un binoclard.

Walking from the station to the house takes only five minutes. Marcher de la station à la maison ne prend que cinq minutes.

I had to pay five more dollars. J'ai dû payer 5 dollars de plus.

I had no more than five dollars. Je n'ai pas plus de cinq dollars.

I paid him five dollars. Je lui ai donné 5 dollars en paiement.

This squid is five quids. Cette pieuvre coûte cinq livres.

Statistics suggest that the population of this town will double in five years. Les statistiques montrent que la population de cette ville aura doublé dans cinq ans.

Hiromi goes to school five days a week. Hiromi va à l'école cinq jours par semaine.

Give me five tokens, please. Donne-moi cinq jetons, s'il te plaît.

We need to make sure you are human. What are the five first letters of your email? Nous devons nous assurer que vous êtes humain. Quelles sont les cinq premières lettres de votre adresse électronique ?

By next month he will have been learning how to play the violin for five years. Le mois prochain cela fera cinq ans qu'il apprend à jouer du violon.

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