Sentence examples of "manqué" in French

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Marie est un garçon manqué. Mary is a tomboy.
Il a manqué être noyé. He was nearly drowned.
On a manqué de courant. The power went out.
Ma fille est un garçon manqué. My daughter is a tomboy.
Cette fille, on dirait un garçon manqué. That girl looks boyish.
Une fille peut être un garçon manqué. A girl can be a tomboy.
Il a manqué se noyer dans la rivière. He came near to being drowned in the river.
Il a manqué de se faire écraser au carrefour. He was nearly run over at a crossing.
Il a manqué de se faire renverser à un croisement. He was nearly run over at an intersection.
J'ai manqué m'étrangler à cause d'une arête. I nearly choked on a fishbone.
Elle a manqué de peu d'être écrasée par une automobile. She came very near being run over by a motorcar.
Elle a manqué de peu d'être renversée par une automobile. She came very near being run over by a motorcar.
Il a tenté de résoudre le problème mais a manqué de chance. He tried to solve the problem, but had no luck.
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