Sentence examples of "faire maigre" in French

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Elle est maigre comme un manche à balai. She is as thin as a broom stick.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Il est plus poli de dire mince que maigre. It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
Il lui est difficile de vivre de sa maigre retraite. It's hard for him to live on his small pension.
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
Il est grand et maigre. He is tall and lean.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Il était horriblement maigre. He was awfully skinny.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
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.
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.
Elle était atrocement maigre. She was painfully skinny.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
Une période de sécheresse explique la maigre récolte. A dry spell accounts for the poor crop.
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.
La récolte des perles a été maigre. The harvest of pearls was small.
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
Ma sœur est maigre et moi je suis replet. My sister's skinny and me, I'm chubby.
Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.
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