Usage examples of "refuser d'agir" in French with translation to English

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Le Congrès refusa d'agir. Congress refused to act.

Tu aurais dû refuser une proposition aussi injuste. You should have refused such an unfair proposal.

Je vais vous faire une proposition que vous ne pouvez pas refuser. I'm going to make you an offer that you can't refuse.

Refuser le bakchich fut très avisé de sa part. It was very sensible of him to reject the bribe.

Robert était tellement occupé qu'il a dû refuser une invitation de jouer au golf. Robert was so busy he had to turn down an invitation to play golf.

Quand Sony est revenu avec une proposition de 2 milliards, CBS n'a pas pu refuser. When Sony came back with a 2 billion bid, CBS could not refuse.

Tu as eu tort de refuser son aide. You were wrong to refuse his help.

On m'a fait une offre que je n'ai pas pu refuser. They gave me an offer that I couldn't refuse.

Refuser l'iniquité linguistique, ce n'est pas être paranoïaque. Refusing linguistic injustice doesn't make you a paranoid schizophrenic.

Je ne vois pas comment je peux refuser. I don't see how I can refuse.

Elle a essayé de le convaincre de ne pas refuser l'offre. She tried to persuade him not to decline the offer.

Elle pourrait bien refuser de te parler car elle est de très mauvaise humeur. She may well refuse to speak to you because she's in a very bad mood.

Je ne sais pas si je dois accepter ou refuser. I don't know whether to accept or refuse.

Tu dois refuser de boire cette drogue. You must refuse to drink this drug.

Les filles sont plus à même que les garçons d'être mal nourries, de souffrir de pauvreté, de faire face à la violence et de se voir refuser une éducation, d'après un nouveau rapport. Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.

Complet pour la nuit, l'hôtel dut refuser des arrivées tardives. Fully booked for the night, the hotel had to turn away some late guests.

J'ai dû refuser son offre. I had to decline his offer.

C'était idiot de sa part de refuser sa proposition. It was silly of him to refuse her offer.

Je vais te faire une proposition que tu ne peux pas refuser. I'm going to make you an offer that you can't refuse.

Je ne sais pas ce qu'il a dans la tête pour refuser une proposition si favorable. I have no idea what he has in mind, rejecting such a favorable proposal.

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