Sentence examples of "owned" in English
I was thrown out of the house with everything I owned.
Je fus chassé de la maison avec tout ce que je possédais.
The bottles of beer that I brought to the party were redundant; the host's family owned a brewery.
Les bouteilles de bière que j’avais apporté à la fête étaient de trop ; la famille de notre hôte possédait une brasserie.
Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored.
Les premiers hommes utilisaient leurs doigts et leurs orteils pour compter les animaux qu'ils possédaient, ou pour mesurer la quantité de grains qu'ils avaient engrangés.
I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades.
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