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

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This is harmless in itself. Ce n'est pas dangereux en soi.

Wine is not harmful in itself. Le vin n'est pas mauvais en soi.

Competition is neither good nor evil in itself. La compétition en soi n'est ni bonne ni mauvaise.

This medicine is not a poison in itself. Ce médicament n'est pas toxique en soi.

The phenomenon of interest is in itself, a most interesting subject. Le phénomène de l'intérêt est, en soi, un sujet très intéressant.

Pleasure is not bad in itself, but certain pleasures bring more pain than pleasure. Le plaisir n'est pas un mal en soi, mais certains plaisirs apportent plus de peine que de plaisir.

Brussels is a symbol in itself. Bruxelles, c'est tout un symbole.

Our existence is a miracle in itself. Notre existence même est un miracle.

A car in itself is neither good nor bad; it depends on the driver. Une voiture en elle-même n'est ni bonne ou mauvaise, tout dépend du conducteur.

Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives. L'amitié est en elle-même quelque chose de très vague et, même dans les cas d'amitiés entre mêmes sexes, elle prend de nombreuses formes et est inspirée par de nombreux mobiles différents.

In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, "The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims." En signant le traité de Tripoli en 1796, notre second Président John Adams écrivit : "Les États-Unis n'ont en eux-mêmes aucun caractère d'inimitié à l'encontre des lois, de la religion ou de la tranquillité des Musulmans.

He is honesty itself. Il est l'honnêteté personnifiée.

He was patience itself. Il était la patience personnifiée.

In a Fréchet space, the countable intersection of open dense sets is itself dense. Dans un espace de Fréchet toute intersection dénombrable d'ouverts denses est encore dense.

Disillusion can become itself an illusion if we rest in it. La désillusion peut elle-même devenir illusion si nous nous y reposons.

The deer was running by itself. Le cerf courait seul.

It costs more to mint a penny than the penny itself is worth. Ça coûte plus cher de frapper un penny que ce que vaut un penny lui-même.

The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted. La langue française, d’ailleurs, est une eau pure que les écrivains maniérés n’ont jamais pu et ne pourront jamais troubler. Chaque siècle a jeté dans ce courant limpide ses modes, ses archaïsmes prétentieux et ses préciosités, sans que rien surnage de ces tentatives inutiles, de ces efforts impuissants. La nature de cette langue est d’être claire, logique et nerveuse. Elle ne se laisse pas affaiblir, obscurcir ou corrompre.

You have only to stand in front of the door. It will open by itself. Tu n'as qu'à te mettre devant la porte. Elle s'ouvrira toute seule.

Human life faces the same alternatives that confront all other forms of life—of adapting itself to the conditions under which it must live or becoming extinct. La vie humaine est confrontée à une alternative identique à celle à laquelle sont confrontées toutes les autres formes de vie : s'adapter aux conditions dans lesquelles elle doit vivre ou s'éteindre.

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