distinguer

/dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/

distinguish, to distinguish

Examples

Il est difficile de te distinguer de ton frère.

It is hard to distinguish you from your brother.

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J'ai écouté mais je n'ai pas pu distinguer ce qu'ils disaient.

I listened but couldn't make out what they were saying.

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Ce n'est pas toujours simple de distinguer le bien du mal.

It is not always easy to distinguish good from evil.

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Elle ne sait pas distinguer le bien du mal.

She cannot distinguish right from wrong.

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Parviens-tu à distinguer cette petite maison ?

Can you see that small house?

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Il est facile de distinguer le bien du mal.

It is easy to distinguish good from evil.

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Que parvenez-vous à distinguer ?

What can you make out?

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Est-ce qu'un enfant de son âge peut distinguer le bien du mal ?

Can a child of her age distinguish good from bad?

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Il ne peut pas distinguer un cerisier d'un prunier mais il peut les nommer dans douze langues différentes.

He can't tell a cherry tree from a plum tree, but he can name them in twelve languages.

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On peut facilement distinguer l'original de la copie car le premier est beaucoup plus clair que l'autre.

The original and the copy are easily distinguished since the one is much more vivid than the other.

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Vous devez éduquer votre langue pour distinguer le bon café du mauvais

You must educate your tongue to distinguish good coffee from bad.

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Ne savez-vous pas distinguer le bien du mal ?

Can't you tell right from wrong?

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Je me demande comment je peux distinguer une émoticône qui rit pincé d'une qui rit franchement.

I wonder how I can distinguish a coldly smiling smiley from an honestly smiling one.

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Que parviens-tu à distinguer ?

What can you make out?

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Je ne sais pas le distinguer de son frère.

I can't tell him apart from his brother.

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Il ne sait pas distinguer le vice de la vertu.

He can't distinguish vice from virtue.

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Ne sais-tu pas distinguer le bien du mal ?

Can't you tell right from wrong?

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Peux-tu la distinguer de sa sœur ?

Can you distinguish her from her sister?

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Même un enfant sait distinguer le bien du mal.

Even a child knows right from wrong.

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Les animaux ne peuvent distinguer ce qui est vrai de ce qui est faux.

Animals can't tell what's real and what's fake.

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