Sentence examples of "comme l'on sait" in French
Alors, cette enfant de quatorze ans apprit, comme dans un devoir, ce que l'on cache aux vierges jusqu'à la nuit des noces. Elle feuilletait les planches de l'Anatomie, ces planches superbes d'une réalité saignante; elle s'arrêtait à chacun des organes, pénétrait les plus secrets, ceux dont on a fait la honte de l'homme et de la femme.
Then, this child of fourteen years learned, as in a homework, that which we hide to maidens until their wedding night. She flipped through the drawings of the anatomy book, those superb drawings of a bloody reality. She paused upon each organ, understanding the most secret of them, those upon which is built the shame of men and women.
Quand personne ne sait qu’une chose est, c’est à peu près comme si elle n’était pas.
When nobody knows that something is, it's quite the same as if it were not.
Je pense que l'on devrait considérer les virus informatiques comme une forme de vie.
I think computer viruses should count as life.
Personne ne sait exactement combien de personnes se considéraient comme hippies.
No one knows exactly how many people considered themselves hippies.
Il ne sait même pas dire la moindre phrase en français, par contre il parle anglais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle.
He doesn't speak a single word of French, but on the other hand, he speaks English like he was born into it.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle.
Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
L'inceste est un tabou que l'on rencontre dans presque toutes les cultures.
Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible.
I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Faire quelque chose sans enthousiasme est la pire chose que l'on puisse faire.
Doing something only half-heartedly is the worst thing you can do.
La compétence la plus précieuse que l'on puisse acquérir est celle d'être capable de penser par soi-même.
The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
Goethe déclara : « Qui ne connaît pas de langues étrangères ne sait rien de la sienne. »
Goethe claimed, "one who cannot speak foreign languages does not know one's own language either".
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout.
He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Ce séisme fut le plus important que l'on ait jamais vécu.
The earthquake was the biggest one that we had ever experienced.
Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple.
Left-hand threads have now become unsual in mechanics but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance.
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