Sentence examples of "habiles" in French

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Translations: all10 clever5 skilled2 skilful1 other translations2

Les femmes japonaises sont reconnues comme (étant) très habiles de leurs mains. Japanese women are believed to be very clever with their hands.

Les hommes préhistoriques étaient habiles à la taille de pierre. Prehistoric men were skilled in knapping.

Ce garçon est très habile. That boy is very clever.

Il est habile aux jeux vidéo. He's skilled at videogames.

C'est un joueur de cartes habile. It's a skilful card player.

C'est une menteuse très habile. She is a very clever liar.

Il est habile à trouver des prétextes. He is clever at making excuses.

Elle était suffisamment habile pour ne pas être trompée par lui. She was clever enough not to be deceived by him.

"Les policiers parisiens, dit-il, sont extrêmement habiles à leur façon. Ils sont persévérants, ingénieux, rusés et très savants du type de connaissance que semble principalement requérir leurs fonctions." "The Parisian police," he said, "are exceedingly able in their way. They are persevering, ingenious, cunning, and thoroughly versed in the knowledge which their duties seem chiefly to demand."

Ce n'est pas immoral pour un romancier de mentir. Au contraire, plus les mensonges sont gros et habiles, et plus les gens du peuple et les critiques vous louangeront. It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.

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