Sentence examples of "ability" in English
Glass has the ability to be broken under pressure.
Le verre à la propriété de se briser sous la pression.
He owed his success to both ability and industry.
Il devait son succès autant à son habileté qu'à son application.
My son's ability at math has improved this year.
Les aptitudes de mon fils en mathématiques ont progressé cette année.
He went to France to brush up on his speaking ability.
Il est allé en France pour rafraîchir son français parlé.
Judging from what he says, he seems to be a man of ability.
À en juger par ce qu'il dit, il paraît un homme capable.
Developing his ability of speaking English, it seems, is his purpose of studying abroad.
Développer son habileté à parler anglais est, il semble, la raison pour laquelle il est parti étudier à l'étranger.
The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
La compétence la plus précieuse que l'on puisse acquérir est celle d'être capable de penser par soi-même.
Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
Les aveugles développent parfois une aptitude compensatoire à sentir la proximité des objets autour d'eux.
However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.
Cependant, en Amérique, les équipes sportives sont généralement choisies pour leur adresse, et les cours académiques par aptitude.
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