Usage examples of "par la faute de" in French with translation to English

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Le 18 juin, à l'aquarium municipal de Niigata, sept mille poissons moururent par la faute d'un employé. On June 18 at the Niigata city aquarium, 7000 fish died because of a mistake by an employee.
Ce qui est arrivé n'était pas de la faute de Tom. What had happened wasn't Tom's fault.
Tout fait quelconque de l'homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer. Any act whatever of a man, which causes damage to another, obliges the one by whose fault it occurred to compensate it.
Il a rejeté sur moi la faute de l'accident. He blamed me for the accident.
Il n'est pas juste de rejeter la faute de ses échecs sur ses parents. It's not fair to attribute your failure to your parents.
Il a essayé de rejeter la faute sur moi. He tried to put the blame on me.
Imaginez si chaque fois que quelqu'un faisait une faute de grammaire, nous ne pouvions que lui répondre "Erreur de syntaxe." en le laissant se débrouiller avec ça. Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
Elle passa la tête par la fenêtre. She put her head out of the window.
De qui est la faute ? Whose fault is it?
Faute de grives on mange des merles Half a loaf is better than no bread.
J'ai pénétré dans le musée par la mauvaise porte. J'aurais dû faire plus attention. I entered the museum through the wrong gate. I should have been more careful.
Le rameur jette la faute sur sa rame. The rower blames his oar.
La phrase ne contient pas de faute de grammaire. The sentence is free from grammatical mistakes.
Je pris la petite fille par la main. I took the little girl by the hand.
Ce n'est pas parce qu'un livre n'intéresse pas les lecteurs que la faute se situe forcément dans le livre. Just because a certain book does not interest readers does not mean that the fault lies in the book.
La phrase ne comporte aucune faute de grammaire. The sentence doesn't have any grammatical errors.
Le toit a été endommagé par la tempête. The roof was damaged by the storm.
À qui la faute ? Whose fault is it?
Mama ! Cette femme et cet homme se tiennent par la main, ce sont de très bons amis ! Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!
Le rameur met la faute sur son aviron. The rower blames his oar.
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