Sentence examples of "be like" in English

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Translations: all74 être comme51 ressembler13 other translations10

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It shouldn't be like that. Il ne devrait pas en aller ainsi.

It doesn't have to be like this. Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'il en soit ainsi.

That's what I expected it to be like. C'est ainsi que j'espérais que ce soit.

I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow. Je me demande comment le temps sera demain.

Can you imagine what life would be like without television? Peux-tu te figurer comment serait la vie sans télévision ?

Can you imagine what the 21st century will be like? Peux-tu imaginer ce à quoi le 21e siècle aura l'air ?

Can you imagine what our lives would be like without electricity? Est-ce que tu peux imaginer ce que notre vie serait sans électricité ?

It's hard to predict what the weather will be like tomorrow. C'est dur de dire comment sera le temps demain.

I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings. Je me suis toujours demandé ce que ça ferait d'avoir des frères et sœurs.

People that have experienced so-called 'lucid dreams' often describe them as being 'more real than reality'. They also describe reality after waking up from a 'lucid dream' to be like a 'whimsical dream'. Les gens qui ont vécu ce que l'on nomme des "rêves lucides" les décrivent souvent comme "plus réels que la réalité". De même, après s'être réveillé d'un "rêve lucide", ils décrivent la réalité comme un "rêve fantasque".

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