Usage examples of "ami de longue date" in French with translation to English

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Tom était le seul ami de Marie. Tom was Mary's only friend.
Il est le meilleur ami de mon mari. He is my husband's best friend.
En dehors d'un chien, un livre est le meilleur ami de l'homme. Au dedans d'un chien, il fait trop sombre pour lire. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
M. Brown, un ami de l'Oregon, viendra nous rendre visite demain. Mr. Brown a friend from Oregon, will visit us tomorrow.
J'ai rencontré un ami de Mary. I met a friend of Mary's.
Voilà le meilleur ami de l'homme ! There is man's best friend!
Le meilleur ami de Tom est une souris appelée Jerry. Tom's best friend is a mouse named Jerry.
Un ami d'un ami de ton père n'est pas forcément un ami de ton père. A friend of your father's is not always a friend of your father.
On appelle souvent le chien "le meilleur ami de l'homme". The dog is often called 'man's best friend.'
J'ai essayé de convaincre un ami de ne pas se marier. I tried to talk a friend of mine out of getting married.
C'est un ami de mon frère. He is a friend of my brother's.
J'ai reçu une lettre d'un ami de Londres. I got a letter from a friend of mine in London.
Les flics s'intéressent au petit ami de la victime pour le meurtre. The cops like the victim's boyfriend for the murder.
Il était un ami de confiance. He was a trusted friend.
Je suis un ami de Robert. I am a friend of Roberts.
Le professeur Hudson est un ami de mon père. Professor Hudson is my father's friend.
Ami de tous, ami de personne Everybody's friend is nobody's friend
Un vieil ami à moi m'a rendu visite hier. An old friend of mine visited yesterday.
Les options d'achat donnent le droit d'acheter un titre à un certain montant, appelé prix de levée, à une date donnée. Celles de vente, donnent le droit de vendre. Call options give the right to buy a security for a certain amount, called the strike price, by a given date. Puts convey the right to sell.
Il se dressa et prit une longue inspiration. He stood up and took a deep breath.
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