Sentence examples of "known" in English

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Her name was not known. Son nom était inconnu.
You should have known better. Tu aurais mieux fait de réfléchir.
How many of them survived is not known. Combien d'entre eux ont survécu est incertain.
The cause of the fire is not known. La cause de l'incendie est inconnue.
I should have known better than to call him. J'aurais mieux fait de ne pas l'appeler.
That writer is well known all over the world. C'est un écrivain réputé dans le monde entier.
Have you ever known them to come on time? Les avez-vous déjà vus arriver à l'heure ?
He is known to everyone as a great scholar. Il est réputé pour être bon élève.
I made the fact known to all my friends. J'ai informé tous mes amis des faits.
It's not known who first invented the wheel. On ignore qui inventa en premier la roue.
A man is known by the company he keeps. Dis-moi qui sont tes amis, je te dirais qui tu es.
The cause of the accident is not known to us. La cause de l'accident nous est inconnue.
You should take her at her word because I've never known her to lie. Tu devrais la croire sur parole parce que je ne l'ai jamais vue mentir.
Through this sentence, the author was making it known to Tom and Mary that their destiny was escaping him, as he didn't understand the deep meaning of his own sentences. Par cette phrase, l'auteur signifiait à Tom et Mary que leur destin lui échappait, puisqu'il ne comprenait pas le sens profond de ses propres phrases.
They arrived in Southern Rhodesia, and there was a choice of an immigrants' camp, consisting of mud huts with a communal water supply, or a hotel; and they chose the hotel, being what are known as people of means. Ils sont arrivés en Rhodésie du Sud, et il y avait le choix entre un camp d'immigrés, fait de huttes en terre avec prise d'eau commune, ou un hôtel ; et ils ont choisi l'hôtel, s'agissant de ce que l'on pourrait appeler des nantis.
In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work. Selon le folklore local, on dit que : "Si tu manges un quart de laitue iceberg, tu t'endormiras". En Corée, la laitue est donc considérée comme une nourriture qu'il ne faut pas manger avant le travail par les conducteurs de camion.
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