Sentence examples of "pris de peur" in French
Il est bon que la guerre soit si terrible, de peur que nous en devenions trop friands.
It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it.
En ce qui concerne la nouvelle installation au Brésil, nous n'avons pas encore pris de décision.
Regarding the new facility in Brazil we have not made a decision yet.
Je ne lui ai pas dit la vérité de peur qu'il ne se fâche.
I didn't tell him the truth for fear he would get angry.
Ce matin comme je n'avais pas d'argent sur moi je n'ai pas pu acheter mon pain aux raisins, et ce soir j'avais beau avoir pris de l'argent entre temps, il ne restait plus de pain aux raisins à la boulangerie.
This morning as I did not have any money with me, I could not buy my raisin bread, and this evening, even though I had taken money in the meantime, there was no raisin bread left at the bakery.
Elle partit de chez elle tôt le matin de peur de manquer le premier train.
She left home early in the morning for fear that she would miss the first train.
Elle détourna la tête, de peur qu'il ne voie ses larmes.
She turned her head away, lest he should see her tears.
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