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

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Pouvez-vous décrire l'objet ? Can you describe the object?
Je ne peux pas vraiment le décrire. I can't really describe it.
Je ne peux pas décrire mes sentiments. I cannot describe my feelings.
Je ne parviens pas vraiment à le décrire. I can't really describe it.
Pouvez-vous décrire la relation supérieur-subordonné idéale ? Can you describe the ideal supervisor-subordinate relationship?
Pourriez-vous décrire au jury ce qui est survenu ? Could you describe to the jury what happened?
Pourriez-vous décrire au jury ce qui s'est passé ? Could you describe to the jury what happened?
Pourriez-vous décrire au jury ce qui s'est produit ? Could you describe to the jury what happened?
Les mots me manquent pour décrire la beauté de ce paysage. Words fail me to describe the beauty of this landscape.
Pouvez-vous me décrire la différence entre du thé noir et du thé vert. Can you describe to me the difference between black tea and green tea?
Pensez-vous que vous pourriez décrire l'homme que vous avez vu à un dessinateur ? Do you think you could describe the man you saw to a sketch artist?
Bill Clinton parla dans un langage ambigu lorsqu'on lui a demandé de décrire sa relation avec Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
C'est un vocable utilisé pour décrire le réchauffement de la Terre, dû à des quantités croissantes de dioxyde de carbone dans l'atmosphère. It is a term used to describe the warming of the earth due to increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Mon grand-père ne se souvient de ce qui s'est passé hier, mais peut décrire en détail ce qui s'est passé il y a quarante ans. My grandfather often doesn't remember what happened yesterday but can describe in detail what happened forty years ago.
Décrivez cet accident en détail. Describe that accident in detail.
Il a décrit sa propre expérience. He described his own experience.
Elle décrivit la scène en détail. She described the scene in detail.
Sais-tu comment mes amis me décrivent ? Do you know how my friends describe me?
Savez-vous comment mes amis me décrivent ? Do you know how my friends describe me?
Savez-vous comment mes amies me décrivent ? Do you know how my friends describe me?
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