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ses lunettes

his glasses

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phrase Uncommon #17,426
his glasses “Ses” can mean “his,” “her,” or “their”; the surrounding context determines whose glasses are meant.
FR: Elle cherche ses lunettes.
EN: She’s looking for her glasses.

Il casse toujours ses lunettes.

He always breaks his glasses.

Tracy a perdu ses lunettes.

Tracy lost her glasses.

Elle voit mal sans ses lunettes.

She can't see well without her glasses.

Il faut que ma sœur ait ses lunettes.

My sister needs to have her glasses.

Tom a cherché ses lunettes.

Tom looked for his glasses.

Il remit ses lunettes.

He put his glasses back on.

Sans ses lunettes, elle était quasiment aveugle.

Without her glasses, she was almost blind.

Il enleva ses lunettes après cela.

He took off his glasses after that.

Tom a perdu ses lunettes.

Tom lost his glasses.

M. Brown cherche ses lunettes.

Mr. Brown is looking for his glasses.

Nous avions prévu de lui livrer ses lunettes ce soir.

We had planned to deliver his glasses to him this evening.

— Assassination (2015)

Il a retiré ses lunettes.

He took off his glasses.

Il doit être loin avec ses lunettes.

He must be far away with his glasses.

— La Chèvre (1981)

Hier M. Kinoshita a oublié ses lunettes au bureau.

Yesterday, Mr. Kinoshita forgot his glasses at the office.

Ou ses lunettes en écaille sans force pour avoir l'air plus distingué.

Or his tortoiseshell glasses with no prescription, to look more distinguished.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Il a beaucoup de difficulté à voir sans ses lunettes.

He has a lot of difficulty seeing without his glasses.

Il peut se débrouiller sans ses lunettes.

He can get by without his glasses.

Il ne voit pas très bien malgré ses lunettes.

He can't see very well despite his glasses.

Elle lui a cassé ses lunettes.

She broke his glasses.

— The Little Sister (2025)

Comment elles étaient, ses lunettes ?

What were her glasses like?

— La Chèvre (1981)

Elle le pria de le lui lire car elle avait perdu ses lunettes.

She asked him to read it to her because she had lost her glasses.

Ses yeux souriaient derrière ses lunettes.

His eyes smiled behind his glasses.

Il retira ses lunettes.

He took off his glasses.

Tom est sous la table, en train de chercher ses lunettes.

Tom is under the table, looking for his glasses.