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 Translation for 'of high standing' from English to French
très réputé {adj} [personne]of high standing
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très réputé {adj} [personne]of considerable standing
hydro.
eau {f} dormante
body of standing water
hydro.
eau {f} stagnante
body of standing water
grande partie {f} de qc.high proportion of sth.
bonne partie {f} de qc.high proportion of sth.
de marque haut de gamme {adj}of high quality [postpos.]
météo.
ligne {f} de hautes pressions
ridge of high pressure
météo.
crête {f} barométrique
ridge of high pressure
fin.
vie {f} chère
high cost of living
météo.
dorsale {f}
ridge of high pressure
météo.
crête {f} anticyclonique
ridge of high pressure
météo.
dorsale {f} barométrique
ridge of high pressure
géol.météo.
effet {m} de la haute pression
influence of high pressure
avoir bonne opinion de qn.to have a high opinion of sb.
piétinement {m}standing about
prestige {m}standing [reputation]
se maintenir deboutto remain standing
matériel
pierre {f} levée
standing stone
hydro.
eau {f} dormante
standing water
en station debout {adv}while standing
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Usage Examples English
  • A man of high standing in the city, he was called a "probus homo" (good man) in 1270 when consulted by the city consuls.
  • Hugleik himself probably did not himself have a very prominent position, but was still married to a woman of high standing from the east of Norway.
  • An obituary in the "Gentlemen's Magazine" criticized his work as a reviewer, saying it was "characterized by a causticity of censure and a costiveness of praise, scarcely worthy of a journal of high standing."
  • Sindered is said to have obeyed the king's orders "by continually harassing and persecuting men of high standing amongst the clergy" in the kingdom, though reliably recorded is only that, according to the "Chronicle of 754", either he or Gunderic instituted some sort of pressure.
  • Hoadley was a Freemason of high standing and one of the most respected and oldest members of Harmony lodge, No.

  • Erosion and brick robbery are responsible for the absence of high standing walls as well as the ancient nullah, inlet channel, and riverbed.
  • He is best known for his work on the economics of the second-best, a theory that demonstrated that piecemeal establishing of individual first best conditions would not necessarily raise welfare in a situation in which all first best conditions could not be satisfied, an article that he co-authored with Kelvin Lancaster, a mathematical economist of high standing.
  • However, he insisted that his father's brain should be used only for research to be published in scientific journals of high standing.
  • Mātene Te Whiwhi travelled throughout New Zealand seeking a chief of high standing who was willing to be king.
  • and in Antarctica, and led investigations of chemical and physical weathering of rocks of high-standing oceanic islands like Taiwan and New Zealand.

  • The Marquis de La Rouërie, a young man of high standing, then moved to the United States to fight with American insurgents.
  • Suzanne would be a mathematician and philosopher and would be able to develop phenomenological and epistemological research of high standing.
  • As both brides were from royal houses of high standing, Phalo had caused a dilemma within the Xhosa nation by marrying two princesses at the same time.
  • It includes an attestation by several "gentlemen of high standing in the community" that the account "deserves the highest credit".
  • Their abundance led Charles Joseph Latrobe, a man of high standing in Australia, to name Mexico City the "city of palaces" in his book "The rambler in Mexico."

  • Smuggling chiefs were often men of high standing in the community.
  • Ibn al-Haj studied under many scholars of high standing in various cities and provinces, including Tunis, Al-Qairawan, Alexandria, Cairo, in addition to Madinah and Makkah.
  • Along his journey, Ishii created a network of ties with people of high standing in university and the military; these connections would later facilitate the founding of the biological weapons program, and subsequent research.
  • "Tietäjä"s or healers were typically men of high standing in the local society, often landed peasants; it was thought that wealth was evidence of magic powers.
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