Usage examples of "fil de liaison" in French with translation to English

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J'ai cousu cette robe avec du fil de soie. I sewed the dress with silk thread.
Il semble avoir perdu le fil de l'histoire. He seems to have lost the thread of the story.
Vois-tu l'oiseau sur le fil de téléphone ? Do you see the bird on the telephone wire?
Son cœur s'est endurci au fil de sa série de coups pourris. Her heart has been hardening all throughout her string of bad hookups.
Le peuple poussa des cris, et les sacrificateurs sonnèrent des trompettes. Lorsque le peuple entendit le son de la trompette, il poussa de grands cris, et la muraille s'écroula; le peuple monta dans la ville, chacun devant soi. Ils s'emparèrent de la ville, et ils dévouèrent par interdit, au fil de l'épée, tout ce qui était dans la ville, hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards, jusqu'aux boeufs, aux brebis et aux ânes. When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
Il y a une liaison aérienne entre Tokyo et Moscou. There is an air service between Tokyo and Moscow.
Donne-moi un couteau pour couper ce fil. Give me a knife to cut this string with.
Ma liaison Internet a été coupée. My internet connection was cut off.
Je vous passerai un coup de fil. I'll give you a call.
Ma liaison Internet fut coupée. My internet connection was cut off.
Mes gencives saignent chaque fois que je passe du fil dentaire entre mes dents. My gums bleed whenever I floss my teeth.
Milles diables ! Ma liaison réseau est interrompue. Hell! My network link is down.
J'ai besoin d'un nouveau fil USB. I need a brand new USB cable.
Ce type a une liaison avec ta soeur. That guy is having an affair with your sister!
Assurez-vous de couper la planche dans le sens contraire du fil. Make sure you cut the board against the grain.
Ton emploi est suspendu à un fil. Your job hangs by a thread.
J'ai passé un coup de fil à Tom. I called Tom up.
Je te donnerai un coup de fil demain soir. I will give you a call tomorrow night.
Il y a un culte de l'ignorance aux États-Unis d'Amérique et il y en a toujours eu un. L'effort d'anti-intellectualisme a été un fil conducteur de notre vie politique et culturelle, nourri par l'idée erronée que la démocratie signifie que « mon ignorance vaut tout autant que votre savoir ». There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Au fil du temps, ces dialectes devinrent des langues à part entière : l'espagnol, le français, l'italien, etc. As more time passed, these Creoles became separate languages: Spanish, French, Italian, etc.
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