Sentence examples of "for want of" in English
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
C’est une vérité reconnue, qu’un jeune homme qui a de la fortune doit chercher à se marier.
Thank you for the generous invitation but we don't want to wear out our welcome.
Merci pour votre généreuse invitation mais nous ne voulons pas abuser de votre hospitalité.
But nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want.
Mais rien n'est aussi difficile, pour ceux qui possèdent des richesses abondantes, que d'imaginer comment d'autres peuvent en manquer.
I really can't say that my mother cooks well. For seasoning as well, I prefer the way my wife cooks. But despite this, I want her to teach me. To teach me that taste that I tasted when I was a child.
Je ne peux pas vraiment dire que ma mère cuisine bien. Pour l'assaisonnement aussi, je préfère la manière de cuisiner de ma femme. Mais malgré cela, je veux qu'elle m'apprenne. Qu'elle m'apprenne ce goût de mon enfance.
In this democratic age of ours men clamour for what is popularly considered the best, regardless of their feelings. They want the costly, not the refined; the fashionable, not the beautiful.
En cette époque démocratique qui est la nôtre, les hommes réclament ce qui est majoritairement considéré comme étant le meilleur, faisant abstraction de leurs affections. Ils veulent ce qui est cher plutôt que ce qui est raffiné, ce qui est à la mode plutôt que ce qui est beau.
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