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

法国人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。我以为法国人都是好厨师呢。

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国人的餐饮方式。

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

不同于美国的是，法国和英国一直为自己是纯种的法国人和英国人而感到。

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

一名法国人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进行的一项调查中，65%的英国人和81%的法国人表示他们认为世界正在变得。

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

对法国人而言，友谊是一种一对一的关系，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.

我既是法国人也是美国人，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.

一些人士直言不讳地指出，达芬奇是意大利人，而不是法国人，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一。

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一，许多法国人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，因为我是法国人，我觉得它的意思是螃蟹，就像一只看起来像螃蟹的小狗。

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

这是唯一一座由法国人建立的古巴城市。

Braille was a Frenchman who lived between 1809 and 1852.

这位法国人出生于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.

孩子们一个个都护着他们的妈妈，于是我的情绪变得加糕。 继而，坐在我们左侧餐桌上的那家法国人父亲因为一点鸡毛蒜皮的小事动手打了他的一个孩子一记耳光，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，以为他们是法国人。

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.

爱国主义让波兰人为包围波兰而抛头颅洒热血，让法国人为自由的法国而战斗，让英国人坚守不列颠。

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

法国人的早点咖啡和英国人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岁的法国人曾经在世界各地攀爬过好几十座著名的建筑，包括纽约帝国大厦和埃菲尔铁塔，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.

一些法国人能够收到英国国家广播公司的报道。

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

我惊呆了，我知道这就是法国人所说的“一见钟情”。