Usage examples of "faire queue" in French with translation to English

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Durant cette période, il y avait un moyen pour entrer dans le pavillon français sans avoir besoin de faire la queue : il fallait aller manger les produits à l'intérieur, mais c'était vraiment trop cher. During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.
Peux-tu faire un nœud dans une queue de cerise avec ta langue ? Can you tie a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue?
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Juste comme s’il s’agissait de ma queue, où que j’aille, il ira. Just as if it were my tail, wherever I go, it goes too.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
Il raconta au patron une histoire sans queue ni tête disant qu'il était malade et avait besoin de jours de congé. He told the boss some cockamamie story about being sick and needing days off from work.
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
La petite sirène gémit et regarda tristement sa queue de poisson. The little mermaid sighed and looked sadly at her fish tail.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue. Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
Au cimetière, est dressée une statue d'un serpent qui se mord la queue. In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.
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.
Les chiens remuent la queue et les chats fouettent la leur. Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
Il vaut mieux être la tête d'un chien que la queue d'un lion. Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
L'Amérique est un gros chien amical dans une toute petite pièce. Chaque fois qu'il remue la queue, il fait tomber une chaise. America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
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