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le commandant in English:

1. major


major problem
It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.
Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.
Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found.
The major religions in China are Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.
Japan has had the experience of being hit by major earthquake disasters, since it is a country which has historically had many earthquakes.
The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
Capital investments planned by major Japanese businesses for this year have been revised upward in view of an improving economic outlook.
Japanese companies have set up factories on every continent, and Japanese banks help finance many of the world's major economic programs.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Japan consists of four major islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area.
In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap.
It would be a great convenience if English were to become everybody's major language.
Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
The methods used to overcome stress are different for men and women: drinking is the major method used by men, while women deal with stress by chatting.

English word "le commandant"(major) occurs in sets:

war in French - la guerre en français
War in French

2. commander


The commander refused to negotiate.
The commander said they would stay.
They were beginning to lose faith in their commander.
The British commander was forced to surrender.
The British commander ordered his men to rest for the night.
He is commander of our troops.
Commander Joki has a family.
He is Commander Joki.
Jack's commander assigned him the task of securing the area.
The commander gave orders that his men fire at once.
The launch, which had been scheduled for this morning, was postponed because of the illness of shuttle Commander John Creighton.
The order was given by the commander of the submarine.
the commander of US forces in Iraq
commander in chief
However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.

English word "le commandant"(commander) occurs in sets:

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3. commander's



English word "le commandant"(commander's) occurs in sets:

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