mesquin

C'était mesquin de me comporter de cette manière.
It was petty of me to behave in this way.
Cela ne signifie pas que c'est un petit homme mesquin.
This does not mean that he is a petty, mean-spirited man.
L'esprit, par sa nature même, n'est-il pas mesquin ?
Is not the mind, by its very nature, trivial?
J'ai été mesquin avec toi depuis qu'on s'est rencontré.
I've been very mean to you since we met.
Est-il mesquin dans ce qu'il vous dit ?
Is he grudging in what he tells you?
Ginyû esquissa un sourire mesquin devant son nouveau père.
Ginyu offered his new father a cruel grin.
Elle m'a dit que j'étais mesquin envers elle et son mari.
She said that I was mean to her and her husband.
Tu fais le mesquin pour prendre ta revanche sur moi ?
Are you being petty and getting revenge on me?
Il n'est plus président, pourquoi être mesquin ?
He's not President anymore, so why be petty?
Pensez-vous que je pourrais être aussi mesquin ?
Do you think I could ever be so mean?
L’avarice est le signe d’un esprit très mesquin.
Miserliness is a sign of a very small mind.
Je...je suis désolé si j'ai l'air un peu mesquin, okay ?
I'm—I'm sorry if it seems a little petty to me, okay?
Tu penses que je suis mesquin, hein ?
You think I'm being petty, don't you?
Mon père était un homme mesquin.
My father was a petty man.
Tout cela était insupportable pour Jiang Zemin, vaniteux, jaloux et mesquin.
All these things were unbearable to Jiang Zemin, who is vain, jealous and petty.
Il est venu me voir et il a dit, "Kate, c'était vraiment mesquin."
He came to me and he said, "Kate, that was really mean."
Toi, parce que tu es mesquin et effrayant...
Well, you, 'cause you're mean and scary.
Je ne suis pas un voleur mesquin.
I am not some petty thief.
Comment dépasser ce nationalisme mesquin ?
How do we move beyond this narrow nationalism?
Je ne m'en souviens pas, mais c'était mesquin de ma part.
I have no memory of that, but that was mean of me.
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