Usage examples of "set a good example" in English with translation to French

You should set a good example to your children. Tu devrais montrer le bon exemple à tes enfants.

You should set a good example for your children. Vous devriez montrer le bon exemple à vos enfants.

Her diligence is a good example to us all. Son application est un bon exemple pour nous tous.

Twitter is a good example of absurdity. Twitter est un bon exemple d'absurdité.

Omission is a perfectly good example of an expression technique, and is brought up in many grammar books. L'omission est l'exemple parfait d'une expression technique ; elle est utilisée dans de nombreuses grammaires.

We set a trap to catch a fox. Nous avons posé un piège pour capturer un renard.

He must be a good walker to have walked such a long distance. Il doit être bon marcheur pour avoir parcouru une si grande distance.

It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting. Il est si facile d'écrire de bonnes phrases d'exemple que je crois que même si nous supprimons accidentellement quelques phrases correctes dans le processus de se débarrasser d'un tas de phrases incorrectes, nous pourrions augmenter drastiquement la qualité du corpus en faisant beaucoup de suppressions.

Let's set a time and day and have lunch together! Décidons d'un jour et d'une heure pour déjeuner ensemble.

He's poor, but he has a good soul. Il est pauvre, mais il a une bonne âme.

Set a thief to catch a thief. Combattre le mal par le mal.

Our football team has a good defense. Notre équipe de football a une bonne défense.

He is sure to set a new record in the triple jump. Il est sûr de battre un nouveau record au triple saut.

She spent a good deal of money on her vacation. Elle dépensa une bonne partie de son argent durant ses congés.

You should set a high value on every man's life. Il faut accorder beaucoup de valeur à la vie de tout être humain.

I had a good laugh at her joke. Sa blague m’a beaucoup fait rire.

Tom set a trap. Tom tendit un piège.

Apparently, it's getting more difficult to find a good job. Apparemment, il devient plus difficile d'obtenir un bon emploi.

Go early in order to get a good seat. Pars tôt pour avoir une bonne place.

He must be a good walker to walk such a long distance. Il doit être un bon marcheur pour avoir couvert une distance aussi longue.

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