Sentence examples of "se faire entendre" in French

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L'orateur ne pouvait se faire entendre. The speaker couldn't make himself heard.

L'orateur ne put se faire entendre. The speaker couldn't make himself heard.

L'orateur n'a pas pu se faire entendre. The speaker couldn't make himself heard.

Comme c'est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits au contraire ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire. Just as it is the tendency of great minds to make one hear much with few words, small minds have a talent for talking a lot, and saying nothing.

Se faire du souci ne fait jamais de bien. Worrying never does you any good.

J'ai eu du mal à me faire entendre à cause du bruit. I found it difficult to make myself heard due to the noise.

Les millionnaires ont davantage de facilité à se faire élire à des fonctions officielles que les gens normaux. Millionaires have an easier time getting elected to public office than the average person.

Je ne peux pas me faire entendre par-dessus le vacarme. I can't make myself heard above the din.

Il manqua de justesse de se faire renverser. He narrowly escaped being run over.

Nous eûmes les pires difficultés à nous faire entendre. We had the greatest difficulties in making ourselves heard.

Ils étaient prêts à courir le risque de se faire tirer dessus par l'ennemi. They were ready to run the risk of being shot by the enemy.

J'ai trouvé difficile de me faire entendre à cause du bruit. I found it difficult to make myself heard due to the noise.

Elle voulait se faire faire couper les cheveux, mais sa mère ne lui aurait jamais permis. She wanted to have her hair cut, but her mother wouldn't let her.

Je ne pouvais pas me faire entendre à cause du bruit. I could not make myself heard on account of the noise.

Tu éviteras à ton père de se faire beaucoup de soucis, simplement en lui écrivant une lettre You will save your father a lot of worry if you simply write him a letter.

Je ne pouvais me faire entendre dans la salle de classe. I couldn't make myself heard in the classroom.

Arrivait-elle à se faire comprendre en français à Paris ? Could she make herself understood in French in Paris?

Nous avons eu les pires difficultés à nous faire entendre. We had the greatest difficulties in making ourselves heard.

Tom a besoin de se faire couper les cheveux. Tom needs a haircut.

Si j'en parle à ma mère, elle va se faire du souci, donc je ne pense pas que je lui en parlerai. If I tell my mother, she will worry, so I don't think I'll tell her.

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