Sentence examples of "paresse" in French

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Translations: all19 laziness9 idle2 laze1 other translations7
Il sermonna son fils pour sa paresse. He admonished his son for being lazy.
L'échec est dû à sa paresse. The failure is due to his idleness.
Sa paresse provoqua son échec, et avec raison. His idleness resulted in the failure, and with reason.
Il fut sermonné par son instituteur pour sa paresse. He was scolded by his teacher for being lazy.
Il a été grondé par son instituteur pour sa paresse. He was scolded by his teacher for being lazy.
Ce n'est certainement pas par paresse que je ne viens pas à ce cours. I am by no means absent from this class because I am lazy.
Il ne s'est pas repenti de sa paresse avant d'échouer à l'examen. He did not repent of his idleness till he failed in the examination.
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