Sentence examples of "air de défi" in French

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Je n'ai pas assez de défi dans ce travail. I don't get enough challenge in this job.
Avec son air de tonton, il plait aux jeunes enfants. His avuncular mien endears him to small children.
Il a un air de garçon d'à coté. He's got a boy-next-door look about him.
Il commença à siffler un air. He began to whistle a tune.
Il me lança le défi de plonger depuis la falaise. He defied me to dive off the cliff.
Il se balada à travers le parc en sifflant un air qu'il avait appris dans sa jeunesse. He sauntered through the park whistling a tune he'd learned in his youth.
J'accepte le défi ! I accept the challenge!
Sans air, tous les organismes vivants mourraient. But for air, all living things would die.
Il pensait qu'il pourrait relever le défi, mais finalement il n'a juste pas été à la hauteur. He thought he was up to the challenge but in the end he just couldn't cut the mustard.
Un homme gratte un air sur la guitare. A man is picking out a tune on the guitar.
Je vous mets au défi de résoudre ce problème. I defy you to solve this problem.
L'Homme ne pourrait vivre sans air. Men can not exist without air.
Je relève votre défi. I accept your challenge.
Sans air, nous mourrions. Without air we would die.
Je relève ton défi. I accept your challenge.
Lorsqu'il a demandé qui avait cassé la fenêtre, tous les garçons ont pris un air innocent. When he asked who had broken the window, all the boys put on an air of innocence.
Il continua de boire par défi à l'avertissement de son docteur. He kept on drinking in defiance of his doctor's warning.
Ce quartier est réputé pour son air pollué. This district is notorious for air pollution.
Ah, l’Alsace ! On la connaît souvent pour la beauté de ses maisons à colombages, sa gastronomie renommée, ses célèbres marchés de Noël… Mais c’est aussi un carrefour culturel au coeur de l’Europe. Un trait d’union entre la France, la Suisse et l’Allemagne… dans une incroyable diversité de paysages où, entre montagnes et rives du Rhin, les activités de plein air sont reines. Ah, Alsace! It is usually known for the beauty of its half-timbered houses, its renowned gastronomy and its famous Christmas markets. However, it is also a cultural crossroads in the heart of Europe. It links France, Switzerland and Germany through an incredible diversity of landscapes where, flanked by mountains and the banks of the Rhine, open-air activities abound.
"Non", dit-il d'un air catégorique. "No," he said in a determined manner.
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