Sentence examples of "one's complement" in English
With the first election of a woman into the seat of chancellor, the feminine complement of the word, "chancelière," was chosen as the Word of the Year in 2005 by the Academy of German Language.
Avec la première élection d'une femme au poste de chancelier, le mot "chancelière" fut choisi comme le mot de l'année 2005 par la société de la langue allemande.
There's nothing like close combat to test one's mettle.
Il n'y a rien de tel que le combat rapproché pour éprouver son courage.
A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.
Un verbe complètement intransitif n'a ni complément, ni objet.
You should complement your nutrition with vitamins.
Tu devrais compléter ton alimentation en vitamines.
Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd.
Quatre ou cinq stylos dans sa poche de chemise, ça trahit bien un binoclard.
I will show that it's possible to be reborn from one's ashes.
Je te montrerai que l’on peut renaître de ses cendres.
One becomes a good writer just as one becomes a good carpenter: by planing down one's sentences.
On devient bon écrivain comme on devient bon menuisier: en rabotant ses phrases.
Sleep is the greatest thief, for it steals half one's life.
Le sommeil est le plus grand des voleurs. Il nous vole la moitié de notre vie.
It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on one's work. But one becomes completely forgetful of the people around oneself.
C'est bien de pouvoir concentrer tout son esprit sur son travail. Mais on oublie complètement les gens autour de soi.
The only thing one never regrets are one's mistakes.
Les seules choses que nous ne regrettons jamais sont nos propres erreurs.
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