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Dictionary translations for "gens du commun"

les gens du commun m pl noun

ordinary people (groupe nominal, personnes)

Contexts with "gens du commun"

Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi. Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.

Ce n'est pas immoral pour un romancier de mentir. Au contraire, plus les mensonges sont gros et habiles, et plus les gens du peuple et les critiques vous louangeront. It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.

C'est malpoli de montrer les gens du doigt. It's rude to point at anyone.

Les gens du RIET cherchent une vie intelligente dans l'univers parce qu'ils ne l'ont pas trouvée ici sur Terre ! The people at SETI are looking for intelligent life in the universe because they haven't found it here on Earth!

Les gens du coin nomment cette rivière "la mangeuse d'hommes" et la craignent. The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.

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