Sentence examples of "on my own" in English
I'd been on my own all week and was starving for conversation.
J'avais été seul toute la semaine et je languissais d'une conversation.
I may not have a lot of money but at least I live on my own terms.
Je ne dispose peut-être pas de beaucoup d'argent mais, au moins, je vis selon mes propres règles.
He did a real snow job on my daughter.
Il a réussi à faire croire à ma fille que son histoire était plausible.
I think it's time for me to get my own place.
Je pense qu'il est temps pour moi de prendre mon propre logement.
I can hardly wait to get home and sleep in my own bed.
Je suis impatient d'être à la maison et de dormir dans mon propre lit.
I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.
J'aimerais mieux avoir une chambre pour moi-même, aussi petite soit-elle.
My mother put thirteen candles on my birthday cake.
Ma mère a mis 13 bougies sur mon gâteau d'anniversaire.
I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades.
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