Sentence examples of "palette à double face" in French

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Je lui ai offert un briquet à double flamme que j'ai acheté aux États-Unis. I offered him a double-flame lighter that I bought in the United States.
Être un anglophone est à double tranchant. D'un côté, tu parles la langue la plus utile au monde à la perfection; mais de l'autre, personne ne veut parler une autre langue avec toi, ce qui rend difficile l'apprentissage d'une langue étrangère. Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you speak perfectly the world's most useful language. But on the other, no one wants to speak anything else with you - making foreign language acquisition difficult.
C'est à double tranchant It cuts both ways
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
À qui est la maison en face de la vôtre ? Whose house is across from yours?
Il laça la chaussure de son fils en faisant un double nœud et il dit : «Voilà, ça devrait aller comme ça.» He tied his son's shoe with a double knot and said, "There, that should do the trick."
Ceux qui seront sélectionnés devront faire face à de considérables tests médicaux et psychologiques. Those selected will have to face extensive medical and psychological tests.
Les prix sont le double de ce qu'ils étaient il y a dix ans. Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
Ma maison se trouve en face de la mer. My house faces the sea.
Ce mot a un double sens. This word has a double meaning.
Il est souvent difficile de s'adapter face à un impondérable. It is often hard to adapt when confronted with an imponderable event.
J'ai le double de ton âge. I'm twice your age.
Elle montra son courage face au danger. She showed her courage in the face of danger.
Huit est le double de quatre. Eight is the double of four.
Qui veut réellement servir à l’émancipation de l’humanité doit avoir le courage de regarder la vérité en face, même si celle-ci est cruelle. Anyone who really wishes to apply themselves to the freedom of mankind must have the courage to face the truth, regardless how bitter it may be.
J'ai bu un double express brûlant au café ce matin. I drank a very hot double espresso at the coffee shop this morning.
Le Ministère dut faire face à une montagne de questions de la presse. The Minister had to face a barrage of questions from the press.
Son âge est le double du sien. He is as old again as she is.
J'étais trop timide pour la regarder en face. I was too shy to look her in the face.
Nous allons devoir double notre budget pour l'an prochain. We'll have to double our budget for next year.
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