Sentence examples of "acte" in French with translation "act"

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Le suicide est un acte désespéré. Suicide is a desperate act.
Le massacre des prisonniers était un acte barbare. The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
Son acte impudent de défiance a failli lui coûter la vie. His brazen act of defiance almost cost him his life.
Dans un temps de mensonge universel, dire la vérité est un acte révolutionnaire. In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
C'est un acte de cruauté que d'enfermer un petit enfant dans sa chambre. It is an act of cruelty to lock a small child in his room.
Aucun acte de bonté, peu importe à quel point il est petit, n'est jamais gaspillé. No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Nul ne sera condamné pour des actions ou omissions qui, au moment où elles ont été commises, ne constituaient pas un acte délictueux d'après le droit national ou international. De même, il ne sera infligé aucune peine plus forte que celle qui était applicable au moment où l'acte délictueux a été commis. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
C'est un opéra en cinq actes. This is an opera in five acts.
Ces actes odieux ne resteront pas impunis. These dastardly acts will not go unpunished.
Ses actes de bravoures lui apportèrent la gloire. His acts of courage brought him glory.
Cet article de magazine exposa en plein jour ses actes démoniaques. That magazine article exposed his devilish acts to the full light of day.
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