Sentence examples of "amassé" in French

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Translations: all7 amass2 hoard1 other translations4
Il a amassé une fortune en bourse lors du dernier boom financier. He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.
Mon grand-père amassa une grande fortune à la bourse puis la perdit entièrement du jour au lendemain. My grandfather amassed a great fortune in the stock market and then lost it all over night.
Un avare amasse de l'argent non pas parce qu'il est prudent mais parce qu'il est avide. A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.
Il a amassé une fortune. He heaped up a fortune.
Tom a amassé une grande collection de papillons. Tom has collected a great many butterflies.
Le voleur ou l'arnaqueur qui a amassé une grande fortune par ses méfaits a de meilleurs chances que le petit voleur d'échapper aux pénalités rigoureuses de la loi. The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.
La police est douée pour comprendre que quelqu'un a volé ma carte de crédit et a amassé plein d'argent. C'est beaucoup plus dur de leur faire avaler que "quelqu'un a volé mon épée magique". The police are really good at understanding "someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of money". It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "someone stole my magic sword".
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