Usage examples of "boule" in French with translation to English

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Le soleil est une boule de feu. The sun is a flaming ball.
Il chiffonna la feuille de papier en une boule. He crushed the sheet of paper up into a ball.
Jouer, tel que faire une boule de papier ou mettre en morceaux, aide à développer la créativité des enfants. Playing, such as crumpling paper into a ball or tearing into pieces, helps develop children's creativity.
Formez des boules de 3 cm de diamètre et déposez-les sur une feuille de papier d'aluminium beurrée. Make balls 3 centimeters in diameter and place them on a sheet of buttered aluminum foil.
Il regarda profondément dans sa boule de cristal et prédit mon avenir. He looked deeply into his crystal ball and predicted my future.
C'était une boule de nerfs hier soir. She was a bundle of nerves last night.
La vieille gitane bougea sa main au-dessus de la boule de cristal et, scrutant à l'intérieur, vit mon avenir. The old gypsy moved her hand over the crystal ball and, peering inside, beheld my future.
Elle a perdu la boule She's gone mad
Il a perdu la boule He's gone mad
Si je descends, je te mets un coup de boule ! If I come down, I'm giving you a headbutt!
Pote pote les carottes, à la place des tomates, boule de canon tu fiches le camp ! Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. My mother told me to catch the very best one and you are not it.
L'homme menotté a donné un coup de boule à l'agent qui l'escortait dans sa cellule. The handcuffed man headbutted the officer escorting him to his cell.
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