Sentence examples of "bon sens" in French

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Translations: all22 common sense8 good sense7 other translations7
J'eus assez de bon sens pour sortir de là. I had enough sense to get out of there.
Je n'eus pas le bon sens de le faire. I didn't have the sense to do so.
Je n'ai pas eu le bon sens de le faire. I didn't have the sense to do so.
Il a assez de bon sens pour ne pas y aller seul. He knows better than to go there alone.
Elle est devenue riche grâce à un travail acharné et à un bon sens des affaires. She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense.
Je jouissais de beaucoup de bon sens lorsque j'étais jeune mais cela semble s'être essoufflé. I had a lot of gumption when I was young but now it seems to have all petered out.
Elle va ruiner sa vie si elle épouse ce bon-à-rien. Quelqu'un devrait lui inculquer quelque bon sens. She's going to ruin her life if she marries that good-for-nothing. Someone should knock some sense into her.
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