Usage examples of "reading lamp" in English with translation to French

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I'd like to turn off the reading lamp, is that OK? Je voudrais éteindre la liseuse, d'accord ?

Touch the base of the lamp once to turn it on and twice to turn it off. Touche la base de la lampe une fois pour l'allumer et deux fois pour l'éteindre.

I can seldom find time for reading. J'ai rarement du temps pour lire.

I must replace that fluorescent lamp. Je dois changer cette lampe fluorescente.

Reading makes me happy. Lire me rend heureux.

I'm going to sit on the bench over there, next to the street lamp. Je vais m'asseoir sur le banc là-bas, près du lampadaire.

Don't eat while reading. Ne mange pas pendant que tu lis.

The lamp is hanging from the ceiling. La lampe pend du plafond.

It's hard for me, reading letters on the monitor. Il m'est difficile de lire des lettres sur le moniteur.

I do not like a big desk lamp. Je n'aime pas les grosses lampes de bureau.

I love reading books. J'adore lire des livres.

The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree. La lampe était suspendue à la branche d'un arbre.

This book makes pleasant reading. Ce livre est d'une lecture agréable.

Edison invented the electric lamp. Edison inventa la lampe électrique.

Adding comments makes reading the code easier. Ajouter des commentaires rend la lecture du code plus facile.

He hung a lamp from the ceiling. Il accrocha une lampe au plafond.

Reading books is important. Lire des livres est important.

A man without patience is like a lamp without oil. L'homme sans patience, c'est comme une lampe sans huile.

He was reading a newspaper. Il était en train de lire un journal.

I bought an old lamp. J'ai acheté une vieille lampe.

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