il le

he … it

→ il
phrase Extremely common #401
he … it Le becomes l’ before a vowel or silent h, as in il l’a fait. It refers to a masculine singular person or thing.
FR: Il le connaît bien.
EN: He knows him well.

Il aimait skier autant qu'il le désirait.

He loved skiing as much as he wanted to.

Il le protège depuis le début.

He’s been protecting him from the beginning.

— Alien, le huitième passager (1979)

Pourquoi il le passerait pas ?

Why wouldn't he pass it?

— Blow Out (1981)

Il le prétend.

He claims so.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

Il n'étudie plus autant qu'il le faisait.

He doesn't study as much as he used to.

Il le nia.

He denied it.

Il le connait très bien.

He knows him very well.

Regardez, il le frappe !

Look, he's hitting him!

— Des étoiles sur la terre (2007)

Il le contrôle !

He controls it!

— Star Trek, le film (1979)

Il le refusa.

He refused it.

Il le garantit.

He guarantees it.

Il le mange en entier.

He eats it all.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Il le sera toujours.

It always will be.

— Le Sacrifice (1986)

Dès qu'il le vit, son cœur s'arrêta.

As soon as he saw him, his heart stopped.

Avec ça, il le prendra pour un serveur.

With that, he’ll take him for a waiter.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

Il le frappa tandis qu'il était à terre.

He hit him while he was on the ground.

Il le reconnaît !

He recognizes him!

— Le Roi lion (1994)

Il le mérite.

He deserves it.

Il le croyait dangereux et il le gardait dans son hangar.

He thought it was dangerous, so he kept it in his shed.

— Porco Rosso (1992)

Il le pense.

He thinks so.

— Il est de retour (2015)

Il le prit très bien.

He took it very well.

— Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991)

Pas autant qu'il le faudrait.

Not as much as it should be.

— Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957)

Mais si je le dis aux autres, il le refait pas.

But if I tell the others, he won't do it again.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Il le frappe !

He hits him!

— Les Choristes (2004)

Quoi qu'il fasse, il le faisait seul de son côté.

Whatever he did, he always did it on his own.

— Burning (2018)

Il le tuera si nous l'attaquons.

He will kill him if we attack him.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

Oui, colonel, mais il le méritait !

Yes, Colonel, but he deserved it!

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Il le nia immédiatement.

He immediately denied it.

Il le méritait.

He deserved it.

Il le cherche sans relâche.

He searches for him relentlessly.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Il le faudra.

It will be necessary.

S'il croit que quelqu'un me connaît, il le bute.

If he thinks someone knows me, he kills them.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Autant qu'il le faudra.

As much as it takes.

Il le fit à titre personnel.

He did it in a personal capacity.

Il le cherche.

He's looking for it.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)

Elle leva les yeux, comme il le demandait, et le regarda.

She looked up, as he asked, and looked at him.

Mais il le chargeait de me capturer.

But he was charging him with capturing me.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

Il le lui a versé dans le verre.

He poured it into her glass.

Tu réagis exactement comme il le souhaite.

You are reacting exactly as he wants.

— Caché (2005)

Il le partage fièrement avec les enfants.

He proudly shares it with the children.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Ça me rend nerveuse, il le sent.

It makes me nervous, and he can tell.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Il le prend peut-être pour un chiot.

He might mistake it for a puppy.

— Kiki la petite sorcière (1989)

Tous les jours, il sort de la banque et il le guette.

Every day, he leaves the bank and watches for him.

— Dans ses yeux (2009)

Il le regrettera.

He will regret it.

Il le voulait.

He wanted it.

Il le remplit.

He fills it.

Il le prit.

He took it.

Il le regarda avec colère.

He looked at him angrily.

Il le disait pour blaguer.

He said it as a joke.

Il le tue.

He kills him.

— Matrix (1999)

Il le doit.

He must.

Il le baptise !

He's christening it!

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Il le jette là.

He throws it there.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Il le renifle à nouveau.

He sniffs it again.

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Il le lui a pris de force.

He took it from her by force.

Il le faudra bien.

It will have to be done.

— La Vague (2008)

Il le prenait dans la voiture tous les dimanches.

He would take it in the car every Sunday.

— Senna (2010)

Et il le poussa dehors, sans un mot de plus.

And he pushed him outside without another word.

Il le tue !

He kills him!

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Mais ça, il le comprend même pas.

But he doesn't even understand that.

— Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Il le croit.

He believes it.

J'en suis pas fière, mais il le méritait.

I'm not proud of it, but he deserved it.

— The Rip (2026)

Il le voit.

He sees it.

Il le deviendra.

He will become it.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Il le regarde pas !

He's not looking at it!

— Les Lundis au soleil (2002)

Il le pourrait.

He could.

— Star Trek V : L'Ultime Frontière (1989)

Il le lui a apporté.

He brought it to her.

Il le fit au vu et au su du personnel.

He did this in full view of the staff.

Il le nota pour ne pas oublier.

He wrote it down so he wouldn't forget.

Je ne pense pas qu'il le faudra.

I don't think we'll need it.

Il le frappa à la tête.

He hit him on the head.

Tom ne travaille plus autant qu'il le faisait.

Tom doesn’t work as much as he used to.

Il le prend !

He'll take it!

— Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)

Il le faisait déjà du vivant de ton mari.

He was already doing it while your husband was still alive.

— L'Échine du diable (2001)

Il le suit à grande distance.

He follows him at a great distance.

Il le traitait comme un laquais.

He treated him like a lackey.

Tout ce qu’il faisait, il le gardait pour lui.

He kept everything he did to himself.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Il le tua pour venger son défunt père.

He killed him to avenge his late father.

Et il le tuera.

And he will kill him.

— Die My Love (2025)

Il le regretta après coup.

He regretted it afterward.

J'appelle un médecin, il le remettra sur pieds.

I'll call a doctor, he'll get him back on his feet.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Il le fit devant le personnel.

He did it in front of the staff.

Quand il rentrait, il le chargeait toujours à cause des sangliers.

When he came back, he always loaded it up because of the wild boars.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Willie, t'énerve pas, il le pensait pas.

Willie, don't get upset, he didn't mean it.

— Do the Right Thing (1989)

Il le sera.

It will be.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Et ensuite, il le jetterait en prison.

And then he would throw him in prison.

— Idiocracy (2006)