Sentence examples of "brief word" in English

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He gave his reasons in brief. Il donna brièvement ses raisons.
I am remembering the word. Je me souviens du mot.
The train made a brief stop. Le train fit une brève halte.
Just a word can do harm to a person. Il suffit d'un mot pour faire souffrir quelqu'un.
After a brief speech the mayor fielded questions from reporters. Après un bref discours, le maire pris quelques questions des journalistes.
Tom had just one word to cut so that out of this sentence, forever, disappeared our Mary. Tom n'avait plus qu'un mot à couper pour que de cette phrase, à jamais, disparaisse notre Mary.
He gave me a brief outline of the plan. Il me donna un bref aperçu du projet.
Mary was wondering whether she counted for Tom as a mere word or as a real person. Mary se demandait si elle comptait pour Tom comme un simple mot ou comme une vraie personne.
He sent me a brief letter. Il m'a envoyé une courte lettre.
At the end of the speech she repeated the word. À la fin du discours elle répéta le mot.
In brief, he was wrong. Pour faire court, il a eu tort.
Look up the word in your dictionary. Cherchez ce mot dans votre dictionnaire.
After a brief peace, war broke out again. Après une courte paix, la guerre éclata à nouveau.
You gave me your word that you would look after them. Tu m'as promis que tu prendrais soin d'eux.
Let's make it brief. Faisons court.
That word is very hard to translate. Ce mot-là est très difficile à traduire.
He answered in brief. Il a répondu brièvement.
His misspelling of that word eliminated him from the contest. Une faute d'orthographe sur ce mot l'a éliminé du concours.
'Philosophy' is a Greek word that means the love of wisdom. 'Philosophie' est un mot grec qui signifie l'amour de la sagesse.
If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary. Si tu ne connais pas la signification d'un mot, vérifie dans un dictionnaire.
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