Sentence examples of "au propre" in French
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.
Sazae oublie toujours son propre numéro de téléphone.
Sazae is always forgetting her own phone number.
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.
Le jeune homme sait peu de choses de son propre pays.
The young man knows little of his own country.
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.
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