Usage examples of "enable alarm" in English with translation to French

The alarm sounded. L'alarme sonna.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Si les hommes étaient des anges, aucun gouvernement ne serait nécessaire. Si des anges devaient gouverner les hommes, ni des contrôles internes ni externes sur le gouvernement ne seraient nécessaires. En élaborant un gouvernement des hommes par les hommes, la grande difficulté réside dans ceci : vous devez d'abord permettre au gouvernement de contrôler les gouvernés ; et en second lieu, le forcer à se contrôler lui-même.

Much better to be woken by the birds than by an alarm. C'est beaucoup mieux d'être réveillé par les oiseaux que par un réveil.

Social networks enable men to revive their instinct of pack hunters, like hyena. Les réseaux sociaux permettent aux hommes de retrouver leur instinct de prédation en meute, à l'instar des hyènes.

The alarm went off. L'alarme sonna.

Airplanes enable people to travel great distances rapidly. Les avions permettent aux gens de rapidement parcourir de grandes distances.

The smoke alarm has never been maintained. L'alarme anti-fumée n'a jamais eu de maintenance.

Turn off the alarm. Arrête le réveil.

I overslept because my alarm didn't go off. J'ai continué à dormir parce que mon alarme n'a pas sonné.

In France, we leave alone those who start fires, but we persecute those who sound the alarm. En France, on laisse en repos ceux qui mettent le feu, et on persécute ceux qui sonnent le tocsin.

All of a sudden, the fire alarm went off. Soudain, l'alarme incendie se déclencha.

Set the time on the alarm. Règle l'heure pour faire sonner le réveil.

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