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The sentence 'L'homme c'est rien. L'oeuvre c'est tout' means [The individual] man is nothing. The overall work [or mankind] is everything. In the word-by-word translation, the definite article 'le'* means 'the'. The noun 'homme' means 'man'. The demonstrative pronoun 'ce'* means 'this'. The verb 'est' means '[he/she/it] is'. The noun 'rien' means 'nothing'. The noun 'oeuvre' means '[overall or body of creative] work'. And the noun 'tout' means 'all, everything'.
*The letter 'e' drops before a word that begins with a non-aspirated vowel.
At the end of his Sherlock Holmes story, "the red-headed league" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attributes this to Gustave Flaubert (writing to George Sand).
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What does rien que mean?
Rien que = nothing
What does rien mean in english?
rien means nothing
What does c'est rien mean?
c'est rien /or / ce n'est rien means that's nothing in French.
What does ne rien mean in french?
'Ne rien' means 'nothing'.
What does c'est tout ou rien mean in English?
'Tout ou rien' means 'all or nothing'.
What does Rien ne vas plus mean in English?
"Rien ne va plus" is the correct phrase Save
What does the French phrase il n'y a rien mean in English?
It means, "there is nothing". Il n'y a rien dans l'auto - would mean, "There is nothing in the car".
What does rien de special mean?
Nothing special
What does the word rien mean in french?
Rien means 'nothing' or the negative form of 'anything' depending on the context. For example, -"Qu'as-tu fait" (What did you do?) -"Rien." (Nothing.) or -"Je n'ai rien fait." (I didn't do anything.) Note that rien is used in the place of 'pas' and is one of the many forms of the negative in French (e.g. ne...rien, ne...aucun, ne...personne).
What does Rien que vous mean?
It is hard to translate this out of context, but the three words rien que vous mean nothing but you (literally) or perhaps no one but you (depending on the context).
What does C'est rien de special mean?
"C'est rien de spécial" in French translates to "It's nothing special" in English. It's a common expression used to downplay the significance or importance of something.
What does Rien sans devoir mean?
nothing without need
