Sentence examples of "prisons" in French

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Les prisons sont, par euphémisme, dénommées centres de réhabilitation. Prisons are euphemistically called rehabilitation centers.
Christopher Colomb fut explorateur, non pas parce qu'il aimait la mer, mais parce qu'il détestait les prisons espagnoles. Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.
Il n'y a pas de belles prisons ni de laides amours. No love is foul nor prison fair.
Le degré de civilisation d'une société peut être jugé en entrant dans ses prisons. The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Ils furent mis en prison. They were put in prison.
Il a atterri en prison. He ended up in jail.
La facilité de faire vite est quelquefois trop prisée par la personne qui la possède et qui ne voit pas les imperfections de son ouvrage. The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
Il se trouve en prison. He's in prison.
Le père de Thomas est en prison. Tom's father is in jail.
Le Danemark est une prison. Denmark’s a prison.
Il a passé trois ans en prison. He spent three years in jail.
La police te mettra en prison. The police will put you in prison.
Dix prisonniers se sont évadés de prison. Ten prisoners broke out of jail.
Il a été envoyé en prison. He was put in prison.
Hier, j'ai passé la nuit en prison. Yesterday I spent the night in jail.
Tom passa trois ans en prison. Tom spent three years in prison.
Le père de Thomas se trouve en prison. Tom's father is in jail.
Il était en prison pour vol. He was in prison on a charge of robbery.
Garder un criminel en prison est très dispendieux. Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.
Il devrait être jeté en prison. He should be put in prison.
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