Sentence examples of "don" in French

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Il avait le don de prophétie. He had the gift of prophecy.
J'ai un don naturel pour les maths. I have a natural talent for maths.
J'ai trahi la foi conjugale, que j'avais jurée à don José, mon mari. I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.
Elle a un don de prophétie. She has a gift for prophecy.
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.
La musique est un don de Dieu. Music is a God given gift.
L'homme a le don de la parole. Man has the gift of speech.
L'homme a le don de parole qu'aucun animal n'a. Man has the gift of speech which no animal has.
Il méprise le cadeau le plus raffiné que Dieu a fait à l'homme : le don de la raison. He despises the choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason.
Il apprend le chinois tellement vite que tout le monde dit qu'il est très intelligent, voire qu'il a un don inné pour les langues. He learned Chinese so fast, everyone says he's very smart, that he really has a gift with languages.
Il y a un besoin urgent de dons de sang. There is an urgent need for blood donations.
Les dons d'entreprises aux organisations politiques sont placés sous haute surveillance. Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
Nous avons fait un don de sang pour aider l'enfant. We gave blood to help the child.
Il a un don pour la musique. He has a genius for music.
Ce type est un Don Juan donc tu devrais faire attention. This guy is quick in seducing women so you better beware.
Il a un don aigu de l'observation mais il est laconique. His observation is sharp, but he says very little.
Elle a le don de pouvoir faire deux choses à la fois. She has a faculty for doing two things at once.
C'est comme s'il avait ce don particulier d'appuyer là ou ça fait mal. It's like he has this special skill of hitting pressure points.
Ô chaleur, dessèche mon cerveau! ô larmes sept fois salées, consumez en mes yeux tout don de sentir et d'agir! O heat, dry up my brains! Tears seven times salt, burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!
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