Sentence examples of "silent majority" in English

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What do you spend a majority of your time doing? À quoi passes-tu la plupart de ton temps ?

You have only to keep silent. Tu dois juste rester silencieux.

The majority of people marry sooner or later. La majorité des gens se marient tôt ou tard.

He was silent for what seemed to me an hour. Il resta silencieux pendant ce qui me sembla une heure.

There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves. Il y a toujours eu une minorité ayant peur de quelque chose et une grande majorité ayant peur de l'obscurité, de l'avenir, du passé, du présent, d'eux-mêmes et de leurs propres ombres.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Sur ce dont on ne peut parler, il faut garder le silence.

We have a majority interest in the company. Nous avons une participation majoritaire dans l'entreprise.

The boy remained silent. Le garçon resta silencieux.

A majority of students dislike history. Une majorité d'étudiants détestent l'histoire.

Be silent, or speak something worth hearing. Il est bon de parler, mais il est mieux de se taire.

He dissented from the opinion of the majority. Il s'opposait à l'opinion majoritaire.

I can no longer remain silent. Je ne peux plus garder le silence.

The majority of his income goes to pay his rent. L'essentiel de son revenu passe dans son loyer.

We have medicines to make women speak; we have none to make them silent. Nous avons des remèdes pour faire parler les femmes; nous n'en avons pas pour les faire taire.

An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment. Une majorité écrasante vota pour l'abolition de ce châtiment brutal.

A kiss is the best way to keep silent while saying it all. Le baiser est la plus sûre façon de se taire en disant tout.

My being male and white also removed huge obstacles that a majority of Americans then faced. Le fait que j'étais un homme et un blanc enleva d'immenses obstacles auxquels faisait alors face une majorité d'Américains.

She got all the more angry because I kept silent. Mon silence n'a fait que l'énerver encore plus.

I have no strong opinion about the matter, so whatever the majority thinks is good is OK with me. Je n'ai pas d'opinion tranchée sur la question, donc quoi que pense la majorité me convient.

He kept silent during the meeting. Il garda le silence pendant la réunion (meeting).

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