Usage examples of "service militaire obligatoire" in French with translation to English

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Peux-tu me rendre un service ? Could you do me a favor?
Il voulait être un grand chef militaire. He wanted to be a great military leader.
Il considère l'éducation soi-disant obligatoire comme inutile. He regards so-called compulsory education as useless.
Pourrais-tu me rendre un service s'il te plaît ? Could you do me a favour please?
Notre diplomatie et notre stratégie militaire étaient à l'évidence en contradiction. Our diplomacy and our military strategy were clearly in contradiction.
Est-ce que l'éducation physique est un cours obligatoire ? Is physical education a required course?
Je suis désolé de dire ça, mais le service n'est pas très bon. I'm sorry to say, but the service isn't very good.
Une vie trop facile corrompit l'esprit militaire. Easy living corrupted the warrior spirit.
Le caractère obligatoire de la scolarité est rarement analysé dans la multitude d'ouvrages consacrés à l'étude des divers moyens de développer chez les enfants un désir d'apprendre. The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn.
L'officier de police de service sentit un vieil homme s'approcher derrière lui. The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
Il y a une base militaire à proximité. There is a military base near here.
La présence de tous les membres est obligatoire. Presence of all members is obligatory.
La nourriture est excellente et il en va de même du service. The food is very good and the same is true of the service.
Un avion civil aurait soi-disant violé l'espace militaire aérien. A commercial airplane allegedly violated military airspace.
Si l'école n'était pas obligatoire, je cesserais d'y aller. If school wasn't obligatory, I would stop going there.
On dirait que le chef de service aime abuser de son autorité. The section chief seems to like abusing his authority.
Je viens d'obtenir ma première parade militaire. I just got my first tatoo.
Ce n'est pas obligatoire de prendre un parapluie. You do not have to take your umbrella with you.
Le service météorologique a émis un avis de tempête. The weather service has issued a severe weather warning.
Un changement d'opinion est quelque chose de presqu'inconnu chez un vieux militaire. A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.
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