Usage examples of "d'un air distrait" in French with translation to English

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"Non", dit-il d'un air catégorique. "No," he said in a determined manner.
Elle pointa son doigt vers lui d'un air accusateur. She pointed her finger at him accusingly.
À la télévision, quelqu'un d'un air sérieux, a parlé des problèmes de l'avenir de notre pays. On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.
Avec son air de tonton, il plait aux jeunes enfants. His avuncular mien endears him to small children.
Vous semblez distrait aujourd'hui. You seem distracted today.
Si tu ne connais pas la signification d'un mot, vérifie dans un dictionnaire. If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary.
Il commença à siffler un air. He began to whistle a tune.
Tu sembles distrait, aujourd'hui. You seem distracted today.
Dans ce cours, nous consacrerons du temps à vous aider à vous exprimer en ayant plus l'air d'un locuteur natif. In this course, we'll spend time helping you sound more like a native speaker.
Il se balada à travers le parc en sifflant un air qu'il avait appris dans sa jeunesse. He sauntered through the park whistling a tune he'd learned in his youth.
J'étais évidemment un peu distrait. I was obviously a little distracted!
Les étrangers bénéficient d'un traitement particulier dans ce pays. Foreigners get special treatment in that country.
Sans air, tous les organismes vivants mourraient. But for air, all living things would die.
Tom fut assez distrait pour laisser son appareil photo dans le bus. Tom was so careless as to leave his camera in the bus.
Je crois qu'il a quelque chose d'un poète. I think he is something of a poet.
Un homme gratte un air sur la guitare. A man is picking out a tune on the guitar.
Tu es facilement distrait. You are easily distracted.
Il est évident qu'il n'est pas habitué à vivre d'un budget serré. It's obvious that he's not used to living on a tight budget.
L'Homme ne pourrait vivre sans air. Men can not exist without air.
Le ciel est d'un bleu absolu. The sky is as blue as blue can be.
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