Sentence examples of "faire contraste" in French

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La robe avait un joli contraste entre le rouge et le blanc. The dress has a beautiful contrast between red and white.

Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.

L'homme qui se concentre devant une oeuvre d'art est absorbé par elle. Par contraste, la masse distraite absorbe l'oeuvre d'art. A man who concentrates before a work of art is absorbed by it. In contrast, the distracted mass absorbs the work of art.

Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.

Le contraste saute immédiatement aux yeux. The contrast immediately springs to eyes.

Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?

N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?

Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?

Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.

Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.

J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.

Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.

Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.

Faire une nuit blanche n'est jamais aussi productif qu'il apparaît. All-nighters are never as productive as they seem.

Comment pouvez-vous rester là à ne rien faire pendant que vos compatriotes sont massacrés ? How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered?

On dit que le jus de betterave peut faire baisser la tension artérielle. They say that beet juice can lower blood pressure.

Pour faire court, il a marié son premier amour. To make a long story short, he married his first love.

J'aime avoir plein de choses à faire. I like having plenty to do.

Je me suis débrouillé pour me faire comprendre en anglais. I managed to make myself understood in English.

Pourriez-vous me faire un rabais ? Could you give me a discount?

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