Usage examples of "faire fausse couche" in French with translation to English

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Ce matin nous avons eu une épaisse couche de givre. We had a heavy frost this morning.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Cette phrase est fausse. This sentence is false.
Quand le soleil de la culture se couche, les nains aussi paraissent géants. When the sun of culture sets, the dwarfs too look like giants.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
La phrase avec le numéro précédent est fausse. The sentence with the preceding number is false.
La crue déposa une couche de boue. The flood deposited a layer of mud.
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
Pensez-vous que son histoire est fausse ? Do you think her story is false?
Je me couche à 11 heures. I go to bed at eleven.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Il semble que nous ayons fait fausse route. Looks like we barked up the wrong tree.
Elle couche les enfants. She's putting the children to bed.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
Il a inventé une rumeur fausse. He invented a false rumor.
Je me couche à dix heures et demie. I go to bed at 10.30.
Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.
Je peux repérer une fausse blonde à des kilomètres. I can spot a bleached blonde from a mile away.
Je me couche vers 10 heures. I go to bed about ten.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
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