Sentence examples of "passions" in French

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Nous devons maîtriser nos passions. We must control our passions.
Quand elle était à l'Université, Yuriko s'abandonna à des passions sexuelles. When she was at university, Yuriko abandoned herself to sexual passion.
Les hommes ont des passions terrestres qui les mènent aux illusions et à la souffrance. People have worldly passions which lead them into delusions and sufferings.
Rien ne semble plus surprenant à ceux qui considèrent les affaires humaines d'un œil philosophique que la facilité avec laquelle la multitude est gouvernée par une minorité; et la soumission implicite par laquelle les hommes renoncent à leurs propres sentiments et passions pour ceux de leurs gouvernants. Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades. I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
Je vais passer la nuit ici. I'll spend the night here.
Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe. Dogs bark when the caravan passes by.
Tout se passe très bien. Everything is going very well.
Nous passâmes un merveilleux moment. We had a wonderful time.
Je vais passer chez toi. I'll come to your place.
La lecture est ma passion. Reading is my passion.
Je voulais passer quelques appels. I wanted to make a few phone calls.
Je ne fais que passer. I just dropped in.
Avant-hier mes amis sont passés me voir un moment. My friends dropped by to see me the day before yesterday.
Peux-tu me passer le marteau ? Do you mind handing me the hammer?
Ce bateau à passé l'équateur hier. That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
Il était si gros qu'il ne pouvait passer par le trou. He was so fat that he couldn't get through the hole.
Vous allez passer la banque et voilà son bureau à gauche. His office is past the bank on your left.
Ne laissez pas passer cette chance. Don't let this chance slip by.
L'année passée, j'ai passé tant de temps tout seul que j'ai presque oublié comment communiquer de manière efficace avec les autres. Last year, I spent so much time by myself that I almost forgot how to communicate effectively with others.
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