Sentence examples of "blue stone" in English

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That's a blue house. C'est une maison bleue.
I can no more swim than a stone can. Je ne peux pas nager du tout. Je coule comme une pierre.
He painted the ceiling blue. Il a peint le plafond en bleu.
This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age. Ce livre dit que les premiers ponts remontent au Néolithique.
She was wearing a blue coat. Elle portait un manteau bleu.
I threw a stone at the bird. J'ai jeté une pierre en direction de l'oiseau.
That girl's eyes are blue. Les yeux de cette fille sont bleus.
You may as well talk to a stone wall as to him. Autant s'adresser à un mur si vous devez lui parler.
How blue the sky is! Comme le ciel est bleu !
The statue is carved out of stone. La statue est taillée dans la pierre.
He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining from an upper window that he wore a blue coat, and rode a black horse. Il avait espéré qu’on le présenterait à ces demoiselles, dont il avait ouï vanter la beauté ; mais il ne vit que le père. Ces dames furent plus heureuses ; elles eurent l’avantage de s’assurer, par une des fenêtres, qu’il portait un habit bleu et montait un cheval noir.
He has a heart of stone. Il a un cœur de pierre.
He is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Il est pris entre deux feux.
That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything. Cette proposition pourrait faire d'une pierre deux coups, mais nous devons aussi faire attention à ne pas devenir gourmands et ainsi tout gâcher.
Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue. Parfois les idées les plus brillantes semblent venir de nulle part.
The bear left no stone unturned in his search for fat bugs under the rocks. L'ours n'omit de chercher dans aucun endroit alors qu'il cherchait des insectes juteux.
My father has a blue and gray tie. Mon père a une cravate bleue et grise.
Could an almighty god create a stone that he would not be able to subsequently lift? Un dieu tout puissant pourrait-il créer une pierre qu'il ne pourrait pas lui-même soulever ensuite ?
The turquoise colour evokes the colour of clear water, it's a light and pale blue. La couleur turquoise évoque la couleur de l'eau claire, c'est un bleu clair et pâle.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a saying. "Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse" est un proverbe.
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