honnête
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adjective
- honestscrupulous with regard to telling the truth
- decent, acceptable
Used in the library
- Ce n'étaient point les protestations d'amour qui la touchaient, encore quelles fussent sincères et honnêtes, mais les descriptions par lesquelles il cherchait à la tenter.It was not the protests of love that touched her, yet what were sincere and honest, but the descriptions by which he sought to tempt her.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Monsieur est un honnête homme.Sir is an honest man.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Maintenant que l'honnête homme t'a flétri, laisse le chrétien qui va mourir prier Dieu de te pardonner tes méfaits comme je te pardonne moi-même.Now that the honest man has fooled you, let the Christian who is going to die pray to God to forgive you your misdeeds as I forgive you myself.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Il songe à la route à suivre et à la distance, calcule ses chances de survivre, et par éclairs pense aussi à la maison bien close et chaude où tous seront contents de le revoir; à Maria qui saura ce qu'il a risqué pour elle et lèvera enfin sur lui ses yeux honnêtes pleins d'amour.He thinks of the road to follow and the distance, calculates his chances of surviving, and by lightnings also thinks of the house well closed and warm where everyone will be happy to see him again; to Maria who will know what he has risked for her and will finally lift up his honest eyes full of love on him.B1Maria Chapdelaine