Sentence examples of "mérites" in French

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Les deux opinions ont des mérites et des démérites, aussi ne vais-je pas décider tout de suite laquelle soutenir. There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.
Cet article mérite une attention particulière. The article deserves careful study.
Le charme frappe la vue, le mérite conquiert l'âme. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Ce livre mérite que tu consacres du temps à le lire. It is worth your time to read this book.
Tu as travaillé dur depuis des mois et tu as certainement mérité des vacances. You've worked hard for months and have certainly earned a holiday.
Les personnes âgées méritent du respect. Old people deserve respect.
Le charme frappe la vue, mais le mérite triomphe de l'âme. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Son crime méritait la peine de mort. His crime deserved the death penalty.
C'est soit trop banal pour mériter ce niveau d'innovation, soit bizarre parce que la terminologie singulière ne véhicule pas le sens. It's either too trite to merit that level of innovation or awkward because the non-standard terminology gets in the way of the meaning.
Je pense que sa proposition mérite réflexion. I think that his proposal deserves some thinking.
Sans aucun doute, Tom mérite des louanges. Tom certainly deserves praise.
Tout le monde mérite une seconde chance. Everyone deserves a second chance.
Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite. Every nation gets the government it deserves.
Je sais que je ne te mérite pas. I know that I don't deserve you.
Sa théorie mérite d'être prise en compte. His theory deserves consideration.
Qu'ai-je donc fait pour mériter ça ? What did I do to deserve this?
Qu'ai-je donc fait pour mériter cela ? What did I do to deserve this?
Ils appellent Paris la ville-lumière, mais Las Vegas mérite davantage l'appellation. They call Paris the City of Lights, but Las Vegas may be more deserving of that title.
Je ne pense pas que je méritais la punition qui m'a été infligée. I don't think that I deserved the punishment I got.
Cet hôtel est loin de mériter les quatre étoiles que le guide lui décerne. This hotel is far from deserving the four stars the guidebook gives it.
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