abstemious in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

abstemious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for abstemious in the English»French Dictionary

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The pair's increasingly erratic behavior distressed their more abstemious father, and the worry weakened him.
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That works out to 16 beers for each of the five members, if our abstemious math adds up.
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In his habits he was very active and extremely abstemious, eating little and drinking nothing but water, customs to which he attributed his good health.
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Is it that in this abstemious lifestyle footballers are denied the outlets and reliefs to which other young people have recourse?
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These abstemious habits, he explained helped him in concentrating on his reading and writing.
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Two abstemious mayors, the changing demographics of alcohol consumers, and the spread of liquor licenses to other establishments have done them in.
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He is so abstemious that he once declared that, to avoid temptation, he would never appear anywhere alcohol was served unless his wife was with him.
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But she leads an abstemious life by choice.
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It is a tricky thing, making of an abstemious protagonist a vivid personality.
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He was described as an abstemious man with tremendous energy who took a weekly day of silence while sleeping only two hours per night.
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