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"Mieux vaut avoir essayé et échoué que de n'avoir pas essayé du tout ..."
"It is better to have tried and failed than not to have tried at all ..."
Voilà deux mois, mon mari a eu des soupçons. Depuis, il a essayé en vain de retrouver Reynolds.
About two months ago, my husband grew suspicious that something was wrong, since then he tried in every way to locate Reynolds,
Aux temps des découvertes, les Portugais ont essayé en vain de conquérir la ville plusieurs fois.
At the time of the discoveries, the Portuguese tried in vain to conquer this city several times.
J'ai beau avoir essayé en fac, c'est pas mon truc.
And as hard as I tried in college, I don't swing that way.
On l'a essayé en vain depuis que l'argent existe et seul Cecil Fox a enfin réussi.
It's been tried in vain since the beginning of time and money. Only Cecil Fox has, at long last, succeeded.
J'ai essayé, en géographie, de leur apprendre qu'il existe un monde immense, dehors, à côté duquel notre grande vallée est minuscule.
I have tried in geography to teach them... that there lies an enormous world outside... that dwarfs even our immense valley.
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