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Elles formaient une véritable famille qui pouvait être identifiée comme telle.	They truly were a family that could be identified as such.
Les parents formaient les habitudes de leur enfant.	The parents were forming the habits of their child.
En Alsace, ils formaient la décapole, une association de dix villes libres.	In Alsace, they formed the décapole, an association of ten free cities.
Pire encore, ces six cents personnes formaient très clairement trois grands camps.	Worse still, these six hundred people very clearly formed three large camps.
Les pierres formaient un anneau autour du plus haut pic d'Akoum.	They formed a ring around the highest peak of Akoum.
Les partis qui formaient le précédent gouvernement sont passés dans l'opposition.	The parties that formed the previous government had gone into opposition.
Ses fils et ses filles formaient en tout trente-trois personnes.	These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.
Prière, étude, travail et récréation formaient le programme de la journée.	Prayer, study, work and recreation were the main programme for the day.
Je ne peux pas croire qu'ils formaient un couple.	I can't believe they were a romantic couple.
Ils formaient un groupe à part qui portait un triangle violet.	They were an independent group and wore the purple triangle.
Ils formaient un couple idéal, ils ne levaient jamais la voix.	They were a perfect match, and never raised their voices.
Tu vois, j'ai toujours dit qu'ils formaient le plus beau couple.	You know I always did say they made the cutest couple.
Les mots se formaient et étaient compris là.	The words were formed and understood there.
Ils formaient un couple horrible, si ça te fait te sentir mieux.	They were a terrible couple, if it makes you feel any better.
En Alsace, ils formaient la décapole, une association de dix villes libres depuis 1354.	In Alsace, they formed the décapole, an association of ten free cities.
En fait, les trois garçons formaient un genre... de gang.	What happened was the 3 sons were like a gang.
Ses fils et ses filles formaient en tout trente-trois personnes.	All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
Ils formaient un peuple uni parce qu'ils avaient une religion collective uniforme.	They were a united people because they had a uniform group religion.
Ces immigrants formaient la grande majorité des paroissiens.	These immigrants formed the vast majority of the parishioners of the parish.
Ils formaient un peuple uni parce qu’ils avaient une religion collective uniforme.	They were a united people because they had a uniform group religion.