Sentence examples of "simple" in French with translation "mere"

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La simple vue du docteur effrayait mon cousin. The mere sight of the doctor made my cousin afraid.
C'est un simple fruit de ton imagination. This is a mere figment of your imagination.
La simple vue d'un moustique la rend malade. The mere sight of a mosquito makes her sick.
Le simple fait de voir un chien lui fait peur. The mere sight of a dog frightens him.
Le simple fait d'y penser suffit à me rendre heureuse. The mere thought of it is enough to make me happy.
Le simple fait d'y penser suffit à me rendre heureux. The mere thought of it is enough to make me happy.
Je ne suis pas un vrai poisson, je ne suis qu'une simple peluche. I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.
Mary se demandait si elle comptait pour Tom comme un simple mot ou comme une vraie personne. Mary was wondering whether she counted for Tom as a mere word or as a real person.
Robinson considère la nature comme un simple objet d'étude scientifique dont il peut tirer profit pour son propre usage et son plaisir. Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study, to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.
Condillac, avec le sensationnalisme, révolutionna le concept de l'esprit, faisant du langage et du geste les précurseurs des idées, faisant voler en éclats la conception de Locke du langage comme simple médium passif. Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium.
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