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

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Je n'ai pas assez de défi dans ce travail. I don't get enough challenge in this job.
Il continua de boire par défi à l'avertissement de son docteur. He kept on drinking in defiance of his doctor's warning.
Il pensait qu'il pourrait relever le défi, mais finalement il n'a juste pas été à la hauteur. He thought he was up to the challenge but in the end he just couldn't cut the mustard.
Les défis sont intimidants mais nous pouvons les surmonter. The challenges are daunting, but we can overcome them.
Les mots seuls ne peuvent subvenir aux besoins de notre peuple. Ces besoins ne seront satisfaits que si nous agissons vigoureusement dans les années à venir ; et si nous comprenons que les défis auxquels nous faisons face sont partagés, et que notre échec à les résoudre nous causera dommage à tous. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.
Quand il fut mis au défi de prononcer "shibboleth", Christophe Colomb réussit si admirablement qu'il fut aussitôt reconnu comme le nouveau chef de l'armée des indigènes. When challenged to pronounce "shibboleth", Christopher Columbus did it in such a perfect way, that he was instantly recognized as the new leader of the natives' army.
Je vous mets au défi de résoudre ce problème. I defy you to solve this problem.
Il me lança le défi de plonger depuis la falaise. He defied me to dive off the cliff.
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