parents in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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parent [Brit ˈpɛːr(ə)nt, Am ˈpɛrənt] N

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Translations for parents in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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parent
parent
beur(e)
person born in France of North African parents
monoparental(e)
single parent
ses parents n'ont pas l'air commode
her parents don't look easy to get on with

parents Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he is a discredit to his parents
il fait honte à ses parents
parents
les parents mpl
a matter for your parents
quelque chose qui concerne vos parents
to the dentist('s)/my parents'
chez le dentiste/mes parents
they're [or they are] my parents/sisters
ce sont mes parents/sœurs
I pity his parents
j'ai de la peine pour ses parents
I can only ask my parents
je ne peux guère demander qu'à mes parents
to take a child away from his parents
séparer un enfant de ses parents
to swear to one's parents to +infin
jurer à ses parents de +infin
person born in France of North African parents
beur(e)

parents Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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His fiancee's family is having doubts about his fitness as a son-in-law and his parents are downcast because of his disability.
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This region has the highest rates of non-marital childbearing in the world (5574% of all children in this region are born to unmarried parents).
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He is later forced to repeatedly lie to her parents at breakfast the following morning.
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He had a learner's permit, and his parents trusted him enough to let him be alone at home by himself after school.
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The students were a group of twentysomethings with a few parents at the periphery.
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Her parents encouraged her to wear a prosthetic arm, but she resisted from the start, and stopped wearing one entirely when she was nine.
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Their parents hit them with broomsticks, feather dusters, clothes hangers, belts and irons.
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My parents, who are still waiting for me to quit fooling around with computers, go to med school, and become a radiologist?
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Parents of mentally challenged children however considered it too offensive.
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On a cruise with her parents who are celebrating their wedding anniversary, the ship is struck by lightning, and she is knocked overboard.
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