Usage examples of "grand huit" in French with translation to English

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Il a un grand bureau dans sa petite pièce. He has a large desk in his small room.
Je voudrais mon petit déjeuner dans ma chambre à huit heures précises. I'd like breakfast in my room at 8 sharp.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Le comité se compose de huit membres. The committee consists of eight members.
Les besoins du plus grand nombre l'emportent sur les nécessités du plus petit. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Mon bébé a aussi huit mois, il est en bonne santé et il grandit à vue d'œil. My baby is also eight months old, is healthy and is growing by leaps and bounds.
Pendant le Grand Jeu, l'Afghanistan était un État tampon. During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
Huit est le double de quatre. Eight is the double of four.
Je pense que c'est trop grand. I think that it's too big.
Il est huit heures du soir. It's eight o'clock at night.
La valeur des livres était telle qu'on en prenait le plus grand soin. So valuable were books that the greatest care was taken of them.
Son fils a huit ans. His son is eight years old.
Elle lui a envoyé un grand sourire. She gave him a big smile.
À huit heures je serai prêt pour le travail. At eight o'clock I will be ready for work.
Un jour je peindrai un grand tableau. Some day I'll paint a great picture.
Soudainement, je vis deux silhouettes : l'une d'un petit homme qui marchait d'un bon pas lourd en direction de l'est et l'autre d'une fille de peut-être huit ou dix ans qui courait à perdre haleine au long d'une rue de traverse. All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street.
Il est plus grand que tout autre garçon de sa classe. He is taller than any other boy in his class.
Il part à huit heures. He leaves at eight.
C'est deux fois plus grand que ça. This is twice as large as that.
Il est revenu au Japon pour la première fois en huit ans. He came back to Japan for the first time in eight years.
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