Sentence examples of "voulait" in French
Je ne pouvais m'expliquer ce qu'il voulait dire par 'megafeps'.
I couldn't make out what he meant by 'megafeps'.
Le traducteur se trouvait dans l'impossibilité d'expliquer ce qu'il voulait dire.
The translator found it impossible to explain what he meant.
C'est seulement à ce moment que j'ai compris ce qu'il voulait dire.
Only then did I realize what he meant.
Il était hésitant à révéler ce qu'il voulait vraiment dire.
He was reluctant to reveal what he really meant.
Ne soyez pas aussi dure avec elle. Elle voulait bien faire.
Don't be so hard on her. She meant well.
Elle ne voulait pas blesser quelqu'un en faisant cette remarque.
She didn't mean to offend anyone with her remark.
Elle était davantage endettée qu'elle ne voulait bien l'admettre.
She was further in debt than she was willing to admit.
Comme le voulait la coutume à cette époque, il s'est marié jeune.
As was the custom in those days, he married young.
Ses pieds étaient découverts, ainsi que le voulait la coutume de l'époque.
Her feet were bare, as was the custom in those days.
Il travaillait d'autant plus dur qu'il voulait être apprécié de son professeur.
He studied all the harder for being praised by his teacher.
Il s'est tellement excité que ce qu'il racontait ne voulait rien dire.
He became so excited that what he said made no sense at all.
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