Sentence examples of "se comporter" in French with translation "behave"

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Translations: all48 behave33 act15
Je lui dis constamment de bien se comporter. I'm constantly telling her to behave herself.
Ce garçon ne sait pas comment se comporter. The boy doesn't know how to behave.
Marie demanda à son fils de bien se comporter. Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Les garçons peuvent être dressés à bien se comporter. Boys can be trained to behave.
Pour se comporter ainsi, il doit être hors de lui. To behave like that, he must be out of his mind.
C'est stupide de sa part de se comporter ainsi. It is stupid of him to behave like that.
Pouvez-vous supporter la manière qu'il a de se comporter ? Can you put up with the way he behaves?
C'était très immature de sa part de se comporter ainsi. It was childish of him to behave like that.
Peux-tu supporter la manière qu'il a de se comporter ? Can you put up with the way he behaves?
C'est typique de lui de se comporter de la sorte. It's characteristic of him to behave like that.
Pour participer à une joute, fut-elle verbale, il faut encore se comporter de manière chevaleresque. To contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.
Ce fut une surprise de voir tous les étudiants se comporter avec convenance le soir du bal de fin d’année. It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
Il s'est mal comporté. He behaved badly.
Il se comporte comme un enfant. He behaves like a child.
Il s'est comporté comme un homme. He behaved himself like a man.
Je me comporterais plus courageusement que lui. I would behave more bravely than he.
Elle se comporta de manière assez idiote. She behaved quite foolishly.
Il se comporte comme Nelson ce soir. He is behaving like Nelson this evening.
J'aimerais que Jim se comporte bien. I wish Jim would behave himself.
Il se comportait comme s'il était fou. He behaved as if he were crazy.
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