Sentence examples of "au propre" in French

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La Suède a son propre langage. Sweden has its own language.
Il a sauvé le jeune homme de la noyade au péril de sa propre vie. He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
Chacun d'entre nous a son propre passe-temps. Each of us has his own hobby.
Garde ta chambre aussi propre que tu peux. Keep your room as neat as you can.
Sazae oublie toujours son propre numéro de téléphone. Sazae is always forgetting her own phone number.
Chacun a son propre caractère. Everyone has a character of his own.
Il travailla au prix de son propre temps. He worked at the cost of his own time.
Je me suis convaincu que les règles strictes de mes parents étaient pour mon propre bien. I got it through my head that my parent's strict rules were for my own benefit.
Je l'ai traitée comme ma propre fille. I treated her as my own daughter.
Sa propre survie est plus importante maintenant. His own survival is more important now.
Le jeune homme sait peu de choses de son propre pays. The young man knows little of his own country.
Tu es le maître de ton propre destin. You are the master of your own destiny.
Elle dut compter sur sa propre force. She had to rely upon her inner strength.
La tribu Zoulou en Afrique du Sud a sa propre langue. The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.
Ce n’est pas de la bienveillance du boucher, du brasseur ou du boulanger que nous attendons notre dîner, mais plutôt du soin qu’ils apportent à la recherche de leur propre intérêt. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Il a sauvé le garçon de la noyade mais au prix de sa propre vie. He saved the boy from drowning, but only at the cost of his own life.
Elle va suivre sa propre voie. She will have her own way.
Il creuse sa propre tombe. He is digging his own grave.
Il agit en son nom propre. He is acting on his own behalf.
Il a sa propre voiture. He has his own car.
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