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

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Everyone laughed at this mistake. Tout le monde rit de cette erreur.
I made a careless mistake. J'ai commis une faute d'inattention.
Did you mistake the margarine for butter? Avez-vous confondu la margarine et le beurre ?
This must be a mistake. Ça doit être une erreur.
Please point out my mistake. Veuillez me montrer où j'ai commis une faute.
Her face after the bath, with a slight tinge of red, was beautiful as to mistake her for someone else. Son visage après le bain, avec une légère teinte rouge, était beau au point de la confondre avec quelqu'un d'autre.
Visiting Tom was a mistake. Rendre visite à Tom était une erreur.
She accused me of making a mistake. Elle m'accusa de commettre une faute.
Coming here was a mistake. Venir ici était une erreur.
She made the same mistake as before. Elle a fait la même faute qu'avant.
There must be some mistake Il doit y avoir une erreur
Even an expert driver can make a mistake. Même un conducteur expert peut faire une faute.
You made the same mistake. Tu as commis la même erreur.
If you see a mistake, then please correct it. Si tu vois une faute alors corrige-la s'il te plaît.
He repeated the same mistake. Il a refait la même erreur.
He made a careless mistake, as is often the case with him. Il a fait une faute d'inattention, comme c'est souvent le cas avec lui.
Anyone can make a mistake. Tout le monde peut commettre une erreur.
A teacher should never make fun of a pupil who makes a mistake. Un enseignant ne devrait jamais se moquer d'un élève qui fait une faute.
This would be a mistake. Ça serait une erreur.
On June 18 at the Niigata city aquarium, 7000 fish died because of a mistake by an employee. Le 18 juin, à l'aquarium municipal de Niigata, sept mille poissons moururent par la faute d'un employé.
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