Usage examples of "bad language" in English with translation to French

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I was very much shocked to hear his daughter using such bad language. Je fus énormément choquée d'entendre sa fille utiliser un langage aussi mauvais.

They smell bad. Ils puent.

Arabic is a very important language. L'arabe est une langue très importante.

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. Les grands hommes sont presque toujours de mauvais hommes, même lorsqu'ils exercent une influence et non une autorité.

It's difficult to learn a foreign language. Il est difficile d'apprendre une langue étrangère.

The bad weather marred the ceremony. Le mauvais temps a gâché la cérémonie.

I wonder what language they speak in Brazil. Je me demande quelle langue est parlé au Brésil.

Bad news travels fast. Les mauvaises nouvelles ont des ailes.

The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language. L'étranger parle le japonais comme si c'était sa langue natale.

He broke down when he heard the bad news. Il s'effondra lorsqu'il entendit les mauvaises nouvelles.

English is a Germanic language. L'anglais est une langue germanique.

Having a few extra batteries handy is never a bad idea. Disposer de quelques piles supplémentaires n'est jamais une mauvaise idée.

English is not my first language. L'anglais n'est pas ma première langue.

I've caught a bad cold. J'ai contracté un mauvais rhume.

These words aren't used in spoken language. Ces mots ne sont pas utilisés à l'oral.

His English is not bad, seeing that he has studied for only two years. Son anglais n'est pas mauvais, sachant qu'il ne l'étudie que depuis deux ans.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language. De nos jours, l’Amérique et nous, avons vraiment tout en commun, à l’exception de la langue, bien entendu.

I stayed home because I had a bad cold. Je suis resté à la maison car j'ai eu un rhume.

Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different. Les mathématiciens sont comme les Français : quoi que vous leur disiez ils le traduisent dans leur propre langue et le transforment en quelque chose de totalement différent.

Farmers separate good apples from bad ones. Les fermiers séparent les bonnes pommes des mauvaises.

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