Sentence examples of "agir" in French with translation "act"

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Comment peut-il agir autrement ? How else can he act?
Il nous faut agir vite. We have to act quick.
Vous devez agir plus calmement. You should act more calmly.
Tu devrais agir plus calmement. You should act more calmly.
Il doit être fou pour agir ainsi. He must be crazy to act like that.
Vous pouvez agir comme il vous sied. You may act as you wish.
Vous pouvez agir comme il vous plait. You may act as you wish.
Le temps est court, nous devons agir MAINTENANT. Time is short, we must act NOW.
Tu peux agir de la manière qui te chante. You may act as you wish.
Le maire commanda aux citoyens comment ils devaient agir. The mayor prescribed to the citizens how to act.
Tu dois agir sous la direction de ton superviseur. You must act under the leadership of your supervisor.
Maintenant que vous avez pris votre décision vous devez agir. Now that you have made your decision, you must act.
Ça ne peut être qu'un gentleman pour agir ainsi. He must be a gentleman to act that way.
Le comité ne peut agir qu'en qualité de conseil. The committee can only act in an advisory capacity.
Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action. One must act as a man of thought and think as a man of action.
Ce n'est pas la volonté qui nous fait agir, mais l'imagination. It's not our will that makes us act, but our imagination.
Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits. Ils sont doués de raison et de conscience et doivent agir les uns envers les autres dans un esprit de fraternité. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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. 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.
Ils agirent selon l'information. They acted on the information.
Il agit selon mon conseil. He acts according to my advice.
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