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

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We tend to make mistakes. Nous avons tendance à faire des erreurs.
Fruits tend to decay soon. Les fruits tendent à rapidement se décomposer.
Day in and day out he does nothing but tend his sheep. Jour après jour, il ne fait rien d'autre que s'occuper de ses moutons.
I tend to catch colds. J'ai tendance à attraper froid.
Strangely, rich people tend to be stingier than poor people. Curieusement, les gens riches tendent à être plus radins que les pauvres.
Japanese people tend to think that way. Les Japonais ont tendance à penser de cette façon.
Companies with diversified holdings tend to weather economics shocks better. Les sociétés disposant d'actifs diversifiés tendent à mieux encaisser les chocs économiques.
Red-haired people tend to have freckles. Les personnes rousses ont tendance à avoir des taches de rousseur.
Young people tend to take things too far. Les jeunes gens ont tendance à aller trop loin.
Boys tend to look down on their younger sisters. Les garçons ont tendance à regarder de haut leurs jeunes sœurs.
Philosophers tend to have little contact with the outside world. Les philosophes ont tendance à avoir peu de contact avec le monde extérieur.
I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text. J’ai tendance à regarder les images avant de lire le texte.
Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking. De nombreux Étasuniens ne sont pas à l'aise avec le silence, et ils ont tendance à considérer le silence dans une conversation comme un signal indiquant qu'ils doivent commencer à parler.
One of the important differences between Japanese and Americans is that Japanese tend to choose a safe course in life, while Americans choose to explore and challenge life. Une des différences les plus importantes entre les Américains et les Japonais est que les Japonais ont tendance à choisir une vie sans danger, alors que les Américains explorent la vie et la défient.
He tends to be arrogant. Il a tendance à être arrogant.
Fruit tends to rot right away. Les fruits tendent à pourrir tout de suite.
Everybody tends to be lazy. Tout le monde a tendance à être paresseux.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Le pouvoir tend à corrompre et le pouvoir absolu corrompt absolument.
He tends to talk too much. Il a tendance à trop parler.
She tends to talk too much. Elle a tendance à trop parlé.
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