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EN: He is very tired today.
FR: Il est très fatigué aujourd’hui.

He is not welcome here.

Il n'est pas le bienvenu ici.

— Dracula (2025)

He is active, but does not read my messages.

Il est actif, mais il ne lit pas mes messages.

He is used to the work.

Il est habitué à ce travail.

He is in love.

Il est amoureux.

He is too good, too patient.

Il est trop bon, trop patient.

— 8½ (1963)

He is busy all the time.

Il est toujours occupé.

He is here.

Il est là.

— PK (2014)

He is the only one in the world worthy of it.

Il est le seul au monde à en être digne.

— Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

He is ashamed of his failure.

Il a honte de son échec.

Yes, he is angry.

Oui, il est en colère.

He is younger than me by three years.

Il a trois ans de moins que moi.

He is more clever than I am.

Il est plus intelligent que moi.

As he often tells lies, he is not to be relied on.

Comme il ment souvent, on ne peut pas se fier à lui.

He is superior to me in mathematics.

Il est meilleur que moi en mathématiques.

Know who he is?

Vous savez qui il est ?

— Taxi Blues (1990)

He is less intelligent than me.

Il est moins intelligent que moi.

He is nothing but a fool.

Ce n'est qu'un imbécile.

He is a bit of a redneck.

C'est un peu un plouc.

He is British.

Il est britannique.

He is a walking skeleton.

C'est un squelette ambulant.

He is too young to go there alone.

Il est trop jeune pour y aller seul.

He is by far the best pupil.

Il est de loin le meilleur élève.

She knows who he is.

Elle sait qui il est.

He is rich enough to buy the painting.

Il est assez riche pour acheter le tableau.

He is proficient in both Spanish and Italian.

Il maîtrise aussi bien l'espagnol que l'italien.

He is anxious about the result.

Il est anxieux quant au résultat.

He is, huh?

C'est lui, hein ?

— The Princess Bride (1987)

He is fond of swimming.

Il aime nager.

He is much better than you.

Il est bien meilleur que toi.

He is only two years older than me.

Il n'a que deux ans de plus que moi.

He is weird.

Il est bizarre.

He is now on his own.

Il est désormais seul.

He is a citizen of Centerville.

Il est citoyen de Centerville.

— The Dead Don't Die (2019)

He is alive!

Il est vivant !

— Two Is a Family (2016)

He is very good at playing violin.

Il est très doué pour jouer du violon.

He is crazy about skiing.

Il est fou de ski.

There he is now.

Le voilà maintenant.

— Blow Out (1981)

He is sleep deprived.

Il manque de sommeil.

He is in a bad mood this morning.

Il est de mauvaise humeur ce matin.

Oh, he is kindly.

Oh, il est gentil.

— Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

He is beautiful like a god!

Il est beau comme un dieu !

He is the last man to deceive me.

Il est le dernier à me tromper.

He is overwhelmed by pain.

Il est submergé par la douleur.

He is a lawyer by profession.

Il est avocat de profession.

He is wise who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain future.

Est sage celui qui n'espère ni ne craint rien de l'avenir incertain.

He is lost in thought.

Il est perdu dans ses pensées.

Hey, there he is!

Hé, le voilà !

— Dead Poets Society (1989)

He is stubborn as a mule.

Il est têtu comme une mule.

He is also the god of death.

Il est aussi le dieu de la mort.

— Princess Mononoke (1997)

He is dead.

Il est mort.

— To Live (1994)

He is jealous of his talent.

Il est jaloux de son talent.

He is smart, handsome, and sweet.

Il est intelligent, beau et gentil.

He is clever indeed.

Il est vraiment intelligent.

He is in favor of the death penalty.

Il est favorable à la peine de mort.

He is a teacher and novelist.

Il est professeur et romancier.

He is tired of work.

Il en a marre du travail.

He is beyond doubt the best athlete in our school.

Il est sans aucun doute le meilleur athlète de notre école.

He is quite satisfied with his income.

Il est tout à fait satisfait de ses revenus.

He is a poet.

C'est un poète.

He is as old again as she is.

Il a de nouveau le même âge qu'elle.

He is a man of character.

C'est un homme de caractère.

Needless to say, he is right.

Inutile de préciser qu'il a raison.

He is on board the ship.

Il est à bord du navire.

He is a dreamer.

C'est un rêveur.

He is devoid of common sense.

Il est dépourvu de bon sens.

He is a Greek by birth.

Il est grec de naissance.

He is so honest that everybody trusts him.

Il est tellement honnête que tout le monde lui fait confiance.

He is acquainted with the custom.

Il connaît cette coutume.

He is used to such situations.

Il est habitué à ce genre de situations.

He is too cautious to try anything new.

Il est trop prudent pour tenter quoi que ce soit de nouveau.

He is a psychic.

C'est un médium.

If he is, say something stupid.

S'il l'est, dites une bêtise.

— Central Station (1998)

He is my son.

C'est mon fils.

— Ne Zha (2019)

He is poorly educated.

Il est peu instruit.

He is an idiot, superficial and conceited.

C'est un idiot, superficiel et prétentieux.

— Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

He is fed up with my problems.

Il en a marre de mes problèmes.

Dottore, here he is!

Docteur, le voilà !

— 8½ (1963)

He is a bit like his father.

Il ressemble un peu à son père.

He is very brave.

Il est très courageux.

He is confident of his abilities.

Il a confiance en ses capacités.

He is in the building with you.

Il est dans le même bâtiment que vous.

— [REC] (2007)

He is honest.

Il est honnête.

He is not a petty thief.

Ce n'est pas un petit voleur.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

To me he is innocent!

Pour moi, il est innocent !

— Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

He is a scoundrel.

C'est un scélérat.

— The Secret Agent (2025)

What a lucky person he is!

Quel chanceux !

He is a member of a cult.

Il est membre d'une secte.

Now he is very happy.

Maintenant, il est très heureux.

— The Wind Rises (2013)

He is and remains the Führer.

Il est et demeure le Führer.

— Downfall (2004)

He is fond of fishing.

Il aime pêcher.

He is eager to go there.

Il a très envie d'y aller.

He is likely to win the game.

Il est probable qu'il gagne la partie.

He is now almost as tall as his father is.

Il est maintenant presque aussi grand que son père.

He is afraid that he will die.

Il a peur de mourir.

He is very friendly to us.

Il est très amical avec nous.

He is cranky.

Il est grognon.

He is in trouble now.

Il est en difficulté maintenant.

He is French.

Il est français.

He is about my size.

Il a à peu près ma taille.

He is truly sick.

Il est vraiment malade.

He is capable of doing such a thing.

Il est capable de faire une telle chose.

He is in Berlin.

Il est à Berlin.

He is a soccer player.

C'est un joueur de football.

He is badly situated financially.

Sa situation financière est précaire.

He is proud that his father was a famous scientist.

Il est fier que son père ait été un scientifique célèbre.

He is apt to leave his umbrella on the train.

Il a tendance à oublier son parapluie dans le train.

He is, without question, the best man for the job.

Il est, sans aucun doute, l'homme de la situation.

He is out of circulation these days.

Il est injoignable ces temps-ci.

He is a coward.

C'est un lâche.

— The Secret Agent (2025)

He is strange.

Il est étrange.

— Ivan's Childhood (1962)

He is already a long way from here.

Il est déjà très loin d'ici.

He is dead drunk.

Il est ivre mort.

He is introverted.

Il est introverti.

All because he is a man of high moral standards.

Tout simplement parce qu'il est un homme aux principes moraux élevés.

— The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)

He is Kabyle.

Il est kabyle.

There he is, the dog!

Le voilà, le chien !

— M (1931)

He is twice as old as I am.

Il a deux fois mon âge.

I wonder why he is late.

Je me demande pourquoi il est en retard.

He is class president.

Il est délégué de classe.

He is in business.

Il est en affaires.

He is three years younger than Father.

Il a trois ans de moins que son père.

He is better than anyone else.

Il est meilleur que tous les autres.

He is handsome and clever.

Il est beau et intelligent.

You know how he is.

Tu sais comment il est.

— Secret Sunshine (2007)

He is as great a poet as ever lived.

Il est l'un des plus grands poètes de tous les temps.

He is my husband.

C'est mon mari.

He is a little over forty.

Il a un peu plus de quarante ans.

He is mad about tennis.

Il est fou de tennis.

He is older than I by two years, but less tall than I.

Il a deux ans de plus que moi, mais il est moins grand.

He is subject to fits of anger.

Il est sujet à des accès de colère.

And among book lovers, he is the richest.

Et parmi les amoureux des livres, il est le plus riche.

— The Handmaiden (2016)

He is depressed.

Il est déprimé.

He is kindness itself.

Il est la bonté incarnée.

He is so gay.

Il est tellement gay.

He is accustomed to speaking in public.

Il a l'habitude de parler en public.

He is in his early thirties.

Il a une trentaine d'années.

He is boiling with rage.

Il est fou de rage.

You think he is dead.

Vous pensez qu'il est mort.

— The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Here he is!

Le voilà !

— Paddington 2 (2017)

He is poor, but happy.

Il est pauvre, mais heureux.

He is the God of it.

Il en est le Dieu.

— Poor Things (2023)

Yesterday he came home drunk, and he was sure he is okay.

Hier, il est rentré ivre, et il était persuadé qu'il allait bien.

— The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)

He is an extraordinary surgeon.

C'est un chirurgien extraordinaire.

— Poor Things (2023)

He is master of this house.

Il est le maître de cette maison.

He is a football player.

C'est un joueur de football.

The man who thinks he is Napoleon does believe it.

L'homme qui se prend pour Napoléon y croit vraiment.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

He is so ugly!

Il est tellement laid !

— The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976)

He is in poor health.

Il est en mauvaise santé.

Because he is a saint.

Parce que c'est un saint.

— The Housemaid (2025)

He is too proud to give up.

Il est trop fier pour abandonner.

He is busy.

Il est occupé.

— The Captain (2018)

He is his usual self.

Il est comme d'habitude.

He is a scientist and musician.

Il est scientifique et musicien.

He is the park creator.

Il est le créateur du parc.

— Ikiru (1952)

He is asleep.

Il dort.

He is nasty.

Il est désagréable.

He is prisoner, but he is innocent.

Il est prisonnier, mais il est innocent.

He is your king.

Il est votre roi.

He is fluent in English.

Il parle couramment anglais.

Did you see how big he is?

Tu as vu comme il est grand ?

— The Return (2003)

He is one of the most popular students in the class.

Il est l'un des élèves les plus populaires de la classe.

He is sure to come.

Il viendra sûrement.

He is weak in English.

Il a des difficultés en anglais.

He is drunk.

Il est ivre.

— Masaan (2015)

He is a boxer!

C'est un boxeur !

— Victoria (2015)

He is contented with his lot.

Il est satisfait de son sort.

He is Czech and she is Slovak.

Il est tchèque et elle est slovaque.

He is shallow.

Il est superficiel.

He is able to speak Japanese.

Il parle couramment japonais.

He is totally dependent on his parents.

Il est totalement dépendant de ses parents.

He is by no means stupid.

Il n'est absolument pas stupide.

He is impolite, not to say rude.

Il est impoli, voire grossier.

I need to find out who he is.

Je dois découvrir qui il est.

What a crank he is!

Quel original !

He is rich, but his older brother is poor.

Il est riche, mais son frère aîné est pauvre.

He is awesome.

Il est génial.

He is a nice man.

C'est un homme gentil.

— Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

He is the greatest scientist that the world has ever produced.

Il est le plus grand scientifique que le monde ait jamais connu.

He is anything but a gentleman.

Il est tout sauf un gentleman.

He is, so far as I know, a reliable friend.

Pour autant que je sache, c'est un ami fiable.

He is free to spend his money.

Il est libre de dépenser son argent.

He is my best friend.

C'est mon meilleur ami.

He is a hero.

C'est un héros.

He is either drunk or mad.

Il est soit ivre, soit fou.

He is of noble ancestry.

Il est de noble lignée.

He is still very much alive.

Il est bel et bien vivant.

He is almost always at home.

Il est presque toujours à la maison.

He is influential.

Il est influent.

He is Japanese by birth.

Il est japonais de naissance.

He is above telling a lie.

Il est au-dessus du mensonge.

He is in a long tunnel.

Il se trouve dans un long tunnel.

He is thirsty.

Il a soif.

He is guilty of murder.

Il est coupable de meurtre.

And a man can not be punished for that for which he is not responsible!

Et un homme ne peut être puni pour quelque chose dont il n'est pas responsable !

— M (1931)

Do you think he is a nice man?

Pensez-vous que ce soit un homme gentil ?

— Summertime (1955)

He is as generous as wealthy.

Il est aussi généreux que riche.

He is generous to his friends.

Il est généreux envers ses amis.

He is my friend.

C'est mon ami.

— RRR (2022)

He is with you.

Il est avec toi.

Do you know where he is?

Sais-tu où il est ?

— Catch Me If You Can (2002)