Usage examples of "au propre comme au figuré" in French with translation to English

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Femmes, soyez soumises à vos maris, comme au Seigneur; car le mari est le chef de la femme, comme Christ est le chef de l'Église, qui est son corps, et dont il est le Sauveur. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain. The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
On se réfère parfois à New-York comme au creuset des races. New York is sometimes referred to as the melting pot of races.
J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades. I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
Je l'ai traitée comme ma propre fille. I treated her as my own daughter.
Les mathématiciens sont comme les Français : quoi que vous leur disiez ils le traduisent dans leur propre langue et le transforment en quelque chose de totalement différent. Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Robinson considère la nature comme un simple objet d'étude scientifique dont il peut tirer profit pour son propre usage et son plaisir. Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study, to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
La maison de mon voisin a figuré dans la dernière édition du Architectural Digest. My neighbor's house was featured in last month's issue of Architectural Digest.
Veuillez m'apporter un couteau propre. Please bring me a clean knife.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Chaque pays a sa propre histoire. Every country has its own history.
Aime ton prochain comme toi-même. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Il a monté sa propre entreprise cette année là. He set up his company that year.
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Avec la bonne fortune et son propre effort, il remporta le premier prix du concours. What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.
Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple. Left-hand threads have now become unsual in mechanics but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance.
Il conduit sa propre voiture. He drives his own car.
Comme d'habitude avec lui, il est arrivé en retard. As is often the case with him, he came late.
Je me suis convaincu que les règles strictes de mes parents étaient pour mon propre bien. I got it through my head that my parent's strict rules were for my own benefit.
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