Usage examples of "faire don" in French with translation to English

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Nous avons fait un don de sang pour aider l'enfant. We gave blood to help the child.
Faire un don Make a donation
Comme c'est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits au contraire ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire. Just as it is the tendency of great minds to make one hear much with few words, small minds have a talent for talking a lot, and saying nothing.
Elle a le don de pouvoir faire deux choses à la fois. She has a faculty for doing two things at once.
Ce type est un Don Juan donc tu devrais faire attention. This guy is quick in seducing women so you better beware.
Il méprise le cadeau le plus raffiné que Dieu a fait à l'homme : le don de la raison. He despises the choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
La musique est un don de Dieu. Music is a God given gift.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
Il avait le don de prophétie. He had the gift of prophecy.
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
L'homme a le don de la parole. Man has the gift of speech.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
J'ai trahi la foi conjugale, que j'avais jurée à don José, mon mari. I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
Il apprend le chinois tellement vite que tout le monde dit qu'il est très intelligent, voire qu'il a un don inné pour les langues. He learned Chinese so fast, everyone says he's very smart, that he really has a gift with languages.
Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.
Elle a un don de prophétie. She has a gift for prophecy.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
Il a un don aigu de l'observation mais il est laconique. His observation is sharp, but he says very little.
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