The French are discreet about money and flinch at ostentatious displays of wealth.

法在钱财问题上向来慎重保密，对于招摇展示财富的行为敏感而抵触。

Really? That's odd. I thought the French were all good cooks.

真的？奇怪了。我以为法都是好厨师呢。

Their signature dish was none other than Moon's fried potatoes or as the aristocrats would say potatoes served in the French manner.

他们的招牌菜不是别的，就是月亮上的油炸土豆，或者是贵族们说土豆是法的餐饮方式。

France and Britain have traditionally prided themselves on being ethnically French and ethnically British.

不同于美的是，法和英为自己是纯种的法和英而感到骄傲。

A French national won a two-week reprieve over the weekend.

名法在周末时获得了两周的缓刑。

In a 2015 survey for YouGov, 65% of British people and 81% of the French said they thought the world was getting worse.

在2015年YouGov进行的项调查中，65%的英和81%的法表示他们认为世界正在变得更糟。

For the French, friendship is a one-to-one relationship that demands a keen awareness of the other person's personality and specialized interests.

对法而言，友谊是种对的关系，需要十分了解对方的个性和特殊兴趣。

I am half French half American, but I was born in Paris.

我既是法也是美，不过我出生在巴黎。

Italy's far-right politician and a former deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, is among those who has pointedly noted that da Vinci was Italian, not French.

些士言不讳地指出，达芬奇是意大利，而不是法，意大利极右派政治家、前副总理马特奥·萨尔维尼就是其中之。

That was one of the effects of the increase in crude oil prices seen in October and many French are also upset about tax increases on diesel and gas.

这是去年10月原油价格上涨的影响之，许多法也对增加柴油和汽油税感到不满。

Cause I remember because I didn't know what crabby meant because I'm French, and it made me think like it was a crab, like a puppy that looks like a crab.

因为我不知道“crabby”这个词的意思，因为我是法，我觉得它的意思是螃蟹，就像只看起来像螃蟹的小狗。

This is the only Cuban city founded by the French, and it shows.

这是唯座由法建立的古巴城市。

Braille was a Frenchman who lived between 1809 and 1852.

这位法出生于1809年，去世于1852年。

The boys defended her, and I felt even worse. Then at the table with the French family, on our left, the father slapped one of his children for some minor infraction, and the boy began to cry.

孩子们个个都护着他们的妈妈，于是我的情绪变得更加糟糕。 继而，坐在我们左侧餐桌上的那家法父亲因为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事动手打了他的个孩子记耳光，那个小男孩哇哇大哭起来。

I was under the mistaken impression that they were French.

我有个错误的印象，以为他们是法。

Patriotism led the Poles to die to save Poland, the French to fight for a free France, and the Brits to stand strong for Britain.

爱主义让波兰为包围波兰而抛头颅洒热血，让法为自由的法而战斗，让英坚守不列颠。

The Frenchman's breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman's bacon and eggs.

法的早点咖啡和英的咸肉煎蛋竞相比美。

The 42-year-old Frenchman has scaled scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Towe, often without permission or any safety equipment or ropes.

这位现年42岁的法曾经在世界各地攀爬过好几十座著名的建筑，包括纽约帝大厦和埃菲尔铁塔，而且常常是在未经有关方面许可的情况下攀爬，也不借助任何安全设备或绳索。

Some French people are able to pick up the BBC.

些法能够收到英家广播公司的报道。

I was struck dumb, and I knew it was what the French call a coup de foudre.

我惊呆了，我知道这就是法所说的“见钟情”。