Sentence examples of "refused to act" in English
He is slow to decide, but he is quick to act.
Il est lent pour décider, mais il est rapide dans l'action.
I tried to explain to him that we were not responsible for his mistake but he refused to listen.
J'ai essayé de lui expliquer que l'on n'était pas responsable de ses erreurs mais il ne voulait rien entendre.
I refused to eat until my parents came home.
Je me suis abstenu de manger jusqu'à ce que mes parents soient rentrés à la maison.
If you're going to act like an idiot, then you're going to be treated as one.
Si vous agissez comme un idiot, alors vous allez être traité comme tel.
Joan of Arc refused to attribute the voices she could hear to anything other than the Word of the Lord.
Jeanne d'Arc refusa de renoncer à sa conviction que les voix qu'elle entendait étaient de Dieu et nulle autre.
Doctors refused to perform a second operation.
Les médecins ont refusé d'effectuer une deuxième opération.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
Un homme peut vivre et être en santé sans tuer d'animaux pour se nourrir ; en conséquence, s'il mange de la viande, il participe au meurtre d'un animal simplement pour satisfaire son appétit. Et agir ainsi est immoral.
The more learned and witty you be, the more fit to act for Satan will you be.
Plus vous serez éduqué et spirituel, et plus vous serez susceptible d'agir pour Satan.
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