Sentence examples of "s'esquinter yeux à lire" in French
Les frères et sœurs s'arrachent les yeux à propos du domaine que leur père leur a légué dans son testament.
The siblings are fighting tooth and nail over the estate their father left them in his will.
Il s'assiérait des heures à lire des histoires de détectives.
He would sit for hours reading detective stories.
On enseigne à lire et à écrire à chaque garçon ou fille.
Every boy and girl is taught to read and write.
C'est peut-être parce que je suis myope, mais je n'arrive pas à lire ou à écrire si mon bureau n'est pas dans un endroit illuminé.
It might be because I am near-sighted, but I can't read or write if my desk is not in a brightly lit place.
Elle passe un peu de temps chaque jour à lire la Bible.
She spends a little time each day reading the Bible.
J'ai passé la journée d'hier à lire au lieu de sortir.
I spent yesterday reading instead of going out.
Il n'y a pas de forme de prose plus difficile à comprendre et plus ennuyeuse à lire qu'un article scientifique ordinaire.
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.
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