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“avaient perdu la vie” in English
5 examplesC'était un requiem pour ceux qui avaient perdu la vie durant ces jours noirs.
It was a requiem for the people who had been killed in those dark days.
À la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale en Europe, le 8 mai 1945, plus de 40 millions de personnes avaient perdu la vie.
By the time World War II ended in Europe, on 8 May 1945, more than 40 million people had lost their lives.
La route reliant la capitale à la côte était bordée de croix en souvenir des personnes qui y avaient perdu la vie alors que, sur d’autres routes, des tempêtes de poussière se soulevaient au passage d’un véhicule.
The road from the capital to the coast was lined with crosses for people who had fallen to their deaths, while, on other roads, dust storms were whipped up as you drove along.
Cela me fait du mal de devoir dire les choses telles qu'elles sont, mais le fait qu'un enfant et son père décédés sur la Seine ne soient pas protégés de la même façon que s'ils avaient perdu la vie en haute mer me semble tout à fait inacceptable.
I must say, it upsets me to have to openly state the fact - the fact that a child and his father who died on the Seine should receive different protection from what would apply if they had died on the open seas.
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