Sentence examples of "tendre" in French
Translations:
all27
tend5
hold out3
reach out3
tender3
crane2
extend2
soft2
incline1
stretch out1
strain1
other translations4
À une époque où l'on faisait taire les voix des femmes et où l'on congédiait leurs espoirs, elle a survécu pour les voir se mettre debout et se prononcer et tendre la main pour prendre un scrutin.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.
Mieux vaut tendre une branche d'olivier que de lancer un missile.
Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.
Rien ne me parait plus tendre qu'un vieux couple qui descend la rue en se tenant par la main.
Nothing seems so tender to me as an old couple walking down the street holding hands.
Une pièce isolée de bois tendre et un bon chauffage sont les conditions indispensables d'un sauna.
An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.
Dieu ferait-il que je sois un tendre bourgeon de pommier, qui flotte et du rameau tordu choit, pour se coucher et s'évanouir en votre sein de soie, en votre sein de soie comme il le fait séant.
Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
Jack tendit son bras pour atteindre le magazine sur l'étagère.
Jack reached out for the magazine on the shelf.
Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir de surprendre ce qu'ils chuchotaient.
He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
Elle tendit le bras pour attraper la revue en haut de l'étagère.
She extended her arm to grab the magazine at the top of the shelves.
Pour passer d'une phrase à l'autre, Tom tendait son bras. Mary le saisissait fermement et sautait par-dessus le point en évitant de tomber dans l'espace.
In order to cross from one sentence to the other, Tom was stretching out his arm. Mary clinged firmly on to it and jumped over the dot, avoiding to fall in the space.
Le garçon tendit le bras pour prendre une autre part de gâteau.
The boy reached out for another piece of cake.
Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir d'entendre ce qu'elles chuchotaient.
He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
Le pouvoir tend à corrompre et le pouvoir absolu corrompt absolument.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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