Usage examples of "telle" in French with translation to English

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Ne sois pas une telle froussarde ! Don't be such a wimp!
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
Une telle personne est rarement ennuyeuse. Such a person is seldom dull.
Je ne supporte pas une telle horrible sueur. I can't stand an awful sweat like this.
Ne commets pas une telle erreur. Don't make such a mistake.
Il vous est inhabituel de faire une telle chose. It's unusual for you to do something like that.
Ne sois pas une telle poule mouillée ! Don't be such a wimp!
J'ai été stupide de faire une telle erreur. I was stupid to make a mistake like that.
Il nia avoir dit une telle chose. He denied having said such a thing.
Penses-tu qu'une telle chose va se reproduire ? Do you think something like that will repeat itself?
Ne parlez pas d'une telle chose. Don't talk about such a thing.
Tu n'aurais pas dû lui dire une telle chose. You ought not to have said a thing like that to him.
Pourquoi as-tu commis une telle erreur ? Why did you make such a mistake?
Il est normal que Yoko ait dit une telle chose. It's unsurprising that Yoko would have said something like that.
Pourquoi as-tu dit une telle chose ? Why did you say such a thing?
Je vous assure qu'une telle erreur ne se reproduira plus. I assure you that an error like this will never happen again.
Pourquoi avez-vous commis une telle erreur ? Why did you make such a mistake?
J'aimerais vraiment savoir pourquoi il a fait une telle chose. I would really like to know why he did such a thing.
As-tu déjà entendu une telle chose ? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
Je n'ai jamais pensé que je trouverais une femme telle que vous. I never thought I would find a woman like you.
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