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

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T'as besoin des clefs ? Do you need the keys?
Il me faut les clefs. I need the keys.
Les clefs se trouvent sur la table. The keys are on the table.
Je pense que j'ai paumé mes clefs. I think I lost my keys.
Pourriez-vous m'aider à chercher mes clefs ? Would you help me look for my keys?
C'est possible que j'aie oublié mes clefs. It is possible that I forgot my keys.
Merde, où est-ce que j'ai foutu les clefs de chez moi ? Shit, where the fuck did I put my home keys?
J'ai essayé pendant des heures de me rappeler où j'avais mis mes clefs, mais cela m'a complètement échappé. I have tried for hours to remember where I put my keys but it has completely escaped me.
J'ai perdu ma clef. I have lost my key.
Passe-moi la clef de 12 s'il te plaît. Could you give me the 12mm wrench please?
Elle lui tendit une clef. She handed out a key to him.
Où as-tu trouvé la clef ? Where did you find the key?
Tom semble avoir perdu sa clef. Tom seems to have lost his key.
Où avez-vous trouvé la clef ? Where did you find the key?
Ne joue pas avec la clef. Don't play with that key!
Nous avons finalement trouvé la clef. We found the key at last.
Où avez-vous donc trouvé cette clef ? Where was it that you found this key?
Jim tourna la clef dans la serrure. Jim turned the key in the lock.
Il introduisit la clef dans la serrure. He inserted the key in the lock.
J'ai trouvé la clef que je cherchais. I found the key that I was looking for.
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