Sentence examples of "caractère maigre" in French

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Elle est maigre comme un manche à balai. She is as thin as a broom stick.
Chaque homme a son caractère. Every man has his humor.
Il est plus poli de dire mince que maigre. It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
Je n'ai pas l'habitude de son caractère. I am not familiar with his character.
Il lui est difficile de vivre de sa maigre retraite. It's hard for him to live on his small pension.
Le film est à caractère pornographique. The movie is X-rated.
Il est grand et maigre. He is tall and lean.
C'est dans des moments comme ceux-là que le caractère d'une personne devient apparent. It's in times like these that the character of a person becomes apparent.
Il était horriblement maigre. He was awfully skinny.
Tom aime raconter des plaisanteries à caractère sexuel. Tom likes to tell dirty jokes.
Le pauvre homme est devenu si maigre qu'il n'a plus maintenant que la peau et les os. The poor old man became so thin that now he's just skin and bones.
Il a un caractère incontrôlable. He has an uncontrollable temper.
Elle était atrocement maigre. She was painfully skinny.
Son échec semble avoir quelque chose à voir avec son caractère. His failure seems to have something to do with his character.
Une période de sécheresse explique la maigre récolte. A dry spell accounts for the poor crop.
Le caractère obligatoire de la scolarité est rarement analysé dans la multitude d'ouvrages consacrés à l'étude des divers moyens de développer chez les enfants un désir d'apprendre. The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn.
La récolte des perles a été maigre. The harvest of pearls was small.
Comme c'est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits au contraire ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire. Just as it is the tendency of great minds to make one hear much with few words, small minds have a talent for talking a lot, and saying nothing.
Ma sœur est maigre et moi je suis replet. My sister's skinny and me, I'm chubby.
Il s'est forgé une solide réputation d'homme de caractère. He had established a solid reputation as a man of character.
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