Sentence examples of "books" in English

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Children delight in comic books. Les enfants adorent les bandes dessinées.

My sister is constantly reading comic books. Ma sœur passe son temps à lire des bandes dessinées.

Your comic books are on the shelf. Tes bandes dessinées sont sur l'étagère.

Start by doing the books. Commencez par faire les comptes.

She advised him to read more books. Elle lui conseilla de lire davantage d'ouvrages.

I prefer reading books to watching television. Je préfère lire plutôt que regarder la télévision.

This firm prints a lot of educational books. Cette entreprise imprime beaucoup d'ouvrages d'enseignement.

A man is made by the books he reads. Un homme est fait de ses lectures.

The company accountant was sent to jail for cooking the books. Le comptable de la société a été envoyé en prison pour faux en écritures.

Thanks to television, boys and girls are apt to neglect reading books. Les enfants ont tendance à négliger la lecture à cause de la télévision.

Omission is a perfectly good example of an expression technique, and is brought up in many grammar books. L'omission est l'exemple parfait d'une expression technique ; elle est utilisée dans de nombreuses grammaires.

I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction. J’ai souvent remarqué que les jeunes filles ne savent pas s’intéresser aux œuvres sérieuses, écrites cependant pour leur bien. Cela me confond, je l’avoue, car rien ne peut leur faire plus de bien qu’une lecture instructive.

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