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

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His business has gone from bad to worse. Ses affaires sont passées de mauvaises à très mauvaises.
Jessie spoke bad French and worse German. Jessie parlait mal français et pire encore allemand.
Nothing is worse than war. Il n'y a rien de pire que la guerre.
To make things worse still, he became sick. Pour comble de malheur, il tomba malade.
I feel worse today than I did yesterday. Je me sens plus mal qu'hier.
I can recall nothing worse. Je ne peux me rappeler rien de pire.
To make things even worse, he got sick. Pour comble de malheur, il tomba malade.
Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse. Souvent la peur d'un mal nous conduit dans un pire.
Nothing can be worse than that. Rien ne peut être pire que ça.
Father has lost his job, and what's worse, Mother has fallen ill. Père a perdu son emploi, et ce qui est pire, mère est tombée malade.
It's wrong to deceive people, but worse to deceive yourself. C'est mal de tromper les gens, mais c'est pire de se tromper soi-même.
The situation is worse than we believed. La situation est pire qu'on ne le croyait.
He failed in business, and to make matters worse, his wife fell ill. Son affaire a fait faillite, et pour couronner le tout, sa femme est tombée malade.
The patient is getting worse from one day to the next. Le patient va de jour en jour plus mal.
I don't know what is worse. Je ne sais pas ce qui est pire.
It's not a question of good or bad but of better or worse. Il ne s'agit pas d'une question de bien ou de mal, mais de meilleur ou de pire.
It's even worse than it looks. C'est même pire que ça en a l'air.
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It looks a lot worse than it is. Ça a l'air bien pire que ça n'est.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time. Ça n'aurait pu venir à pire moment.
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