Usage examples of "être réduit à la besace" in French with translation to English

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Cet homme en était réduit à mendier pour de l'argent. That man was reduced to begging for money.
Il était assez fort pour aider son père à la ferme. He was strong enough to help his father on the farm.
Alors ça c'est réduit à cela. So it has come to this.
Hier, je l'ai croisée à la gare. Yesterday I ran across her at the station.
Le pauvre vieillard était réduit à l'état de squelette. The poor old man was reduced to just a skeleton.
Il tenait les envahisseurs à distance à la mitrailleuse. He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.
Il serait un homme triste, de voir son rêve réduit à néant. He would be a very sad man, seeing his dream come to naught.
Dois-je me rendre à la fête ? Do I have to go to the party?
Tom ne croit pas à la vie après la mort. Tom doesn't believe in life after death.
Ne touche pas à la peinture fraîche. Don't touch the wet paint.
Il parle avec une pipe à la bouche. He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
L'air et l'eau sont indispensables à la vie. Both air and water are indispensable for life.
Je te verrai à la gare demain. I'll meet you down at the station tomorrow.
J'aimerais une douzaine de choux à la crème. I want a dozen cream puffs.
Il n'a pas de travail, il est à la retraite. He doesn't have a job. He's retired.
Rester à la maison est ennuyeux. Staying at home is boring.
Demandez à la guérite là-bas. Ask at the police box over there.
Elle est en train d'acheter des livres à la librairie. She is buying books in the bookstore.
Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.
Il est venu en voiture à la place de venir en train. He came by car instead of by train.
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