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

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Merci pour les belles fleurs. Thank you for the beautiful flowers.
Elle a de belles jambes. She has nice legs.
À distance, les montagnes ont l'air plus belles. Mountains look better viewed from a distance.
Ces champs produisent de belles récoltes. These fields produce fine crops.
Il n'y a pas de belles prisons ni de laides amours. No love is foul nor prison fair.
Les Australiennes sont très belles. Australian women are very beautiful.
J'ai fait des belles photos. I took nice pictures.
Quand on les observe à une demi-douzaine d'années, ou plus, de distance, même les plus belles modes nous paraissent grotesques, voire disgracieuses. When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly.
Son discours contenait beaucoup de belles phrases. His speech contained many fine phrases.
Il aime les plus belles fleurs. He likes the most beautiful flower.
Les belles fleurs ne font pas de bons fruits. Nice flowers don't yield good fruits.
On ne se nourrit pas de belles paroles. Fine words butter no parsnips.
Les deux sœurs sont très belles. Both sisters are very beautiful.
Elle était très jalouse de la jeune fille parce qu'elle portait de belles chaussures. She was very jealous of the girl because she had nice shoes.
Peu importe les belles paroles de la direction, les subalternes voient ce qu'il y a à voir. However fine the words of the management, those working for them see what is to be seen.
Les belles femmes le font craquer. He's a sucker for beautiful women.
Jamais cour n’a eu tant de belles personnes et d’hommes admirablement bien faits ; et il semblait que la nature eût pris plaisir à placer ce qu’elle donne de plus beau dans les plus grandes princesses et dans les plus grands princes. Never were finer women or more accomplished men seen in any Court, and Nature seemed to have taken pleasure in lavishing her greatest graces on the greatest persons.
Elle a ramassé trois belles pommes. She picked out three beautiful apples.
Il parut alors une beauté à la cour, qui attira les yeux de tout le monde, et l’on doit croire que c’était une beauté parfaite, puisqu’elle donna de l’admiration dans un lieu où l’on était si accoutumé à voir de belles personnes. There appeared at this time a lady at Court, who drew the eyes of the whole world; and one may imagine she was a perfect beauty, to gain admiration in a place where there were so many fine women.
Les fleurs étaient très belles à regarder. The flowers were very beautiful to look at.
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