Usage examples of "extinction d'une action" in French with translation to English

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Bien qu'ils payent un service de traducteur dans l'idée d'une action positive, très peu de minorités sont embauchées en réalité. Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.
Il fait une bonne action par jour. He does a kind act once a day.
La force d'une femme est sa langue. A woman's strength is in her tongue.
J'assume l'entière responsabilité de cette action. I take full responsibility for the action.
La Terre a la forme d'une orange. The earth is the shape of an orange.
Votre action a offensé sa dignité. Your action has offended his dignity.
Il était d'usage qu'une fille ne pouvait se marier que si elle disposait d'une dote. It used to be that a girl could only marry if she had a dowry.
Personne ne trouva une quelconque raison de critiquer son action. No one found any reason to criticize his actions.
Le pare-brise d'une voiture fut brisé. The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
Ce n'est pas une action équitable. This is not a fair act.
Tom reçu un appel d'une personne qui s'appelait Mary. Tom got a call from someone named Mary.
Une idée est exprimée en action. An idea is expressed in terms of action.
Il est né d'une mère juive et d'un père musulman, cela l'a beaucoup aidé à cultiver une certaine ouverte d'esprit. He's born from a Jewish mother and a Muslim father; this helped him much to develop a kind of openmindedness.
Le Président voulait une action immédiate. The president wanted immediate action.
Quel est le but d'une pomme bleue dans ce tableau? Que tu te poses cette question-ci. What is the point of a blue apple in that painting? Your asking this very question.
Son action est contraire à la loi. His action is against the law.
En raison d'une grave maladie, il ne peut pas mouvoir son corps comme la plupart des gens le peuvent. Because of a serious disease, he can't move his body as most people can.
Ton action a offensé sa dignité. Your action has offended his dignity.
Je suis d'une opinion différente de la tienne. My idea is different from yours.
À chaque action correspond une réaction égale et opposée. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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