Sentence examples of "avoir l'esprit de clocher" in French

<>
Nul doute que tu dois être exténué après avoir travaillé toute la journée. You must be worn out after working all day.
Le clocher de l'église commence à crouler sous les ans. The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.
Puis-je avoir un programme ? May I have a program?
Il a démenti avoir dit une telle chose. He denied having said such a thing.
Commencer, c'est avoir à moitié fini. [Horace] Well begun is half done.
J'aime avoir plein de choses à faire. I like having plenty to do.
Il devrait avoir le droit de décider par lui-même. He should have the right to decide for himself.
Les menteurs doivent avoir bonne mémoire. Liars must have a good memory.
Il ne peut pas avoir moins de 30 ans. He can't be under thirty.
On peut avoir le dernier mot avec une femme, à la condition que ce soit oui. You can have the last word with a woman, on the condition that it is yes.
Il n'a pas pu avoir le poste. He couldn't get the job.
Je pense qu'il est triste de ne pas avoir amis. I think it's sad to have no friends.
Après avoir entendu la triste nouvelle, elle s'effondra en larmes. After hearing the sad news, she broke down in tears.
Pourrais-je avoir une bière supplémentaire, s'il te plait ? Could I get one more beer, please?
Je me suis facilement laissé avoir par son discours enjôleur. I was easily taken in by his smooth talk.
Il veut être fouetté pour avoir dit cela. He wants whipping for saying that.
J'aimerais avoir le ketchup à part. I'd like to have ketchup on the side.
Le criminel fera certainement de la prison pour avoir cambriolé le magasin. The criminal is sure to do time for robbing the store.
Elle ne peut pas avoir compris ce que tu as dit. She cannot have understood what you said.
Il affirma avoir vu l'accident. He affirmed that he saw the crash.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.