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

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Les typhons frappent le Japon tous les ans. Typhoons hit Japan every year.
Les typhons frappent le Japon chaque année. Typhoons strike Japan every year.
J'ai trouvé un jour dans une école un garçon de taille moyenne qui maltraitait un petit garçon. Je lui ai fait la leçon, mais il a répondu : "Les grands me frappent, alors je frappe les petits ; c'est juste." Par ces paroles, il a résumé toute l'histoire du genre humain. I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
Il me frappa au visage. He hit me in the face.
Il frappa à la porte. He knocked at the door.
L'éclair frappa la tour. Lightning struck the tower.
J'aimerais frapper Tom à la tête. I would like to punch Tom in the head.
Ça coûte plus cher de frapper un penny que ce que vaut un penny lui-même. It costs more to mint a penny than the penny itself is worth.
La foudre frappa cette tour. Lightning hit that tower.
Elle frappa à la porte. She knocked on the door.
La foudre frappa la tour. Lightning struck the tower.
Il allait s'excuser lorsque l'homme le frappa au visage. He was about to apologize when the man punched him in the face.
Frappe la balle avec la batte. He hit a ball with the bat.
Veuillez frapper avant d'entrer. Please knock before you come in.
Nul ne sait, ce qui le frappera demain. No one knows what will strike one tomorrow.
Je me demandais justement comment ça ferait d'être frappé à l'estomac. I was just wondering how it would feel to be punched in the stomach.
Avec quoi t'ont-ils frappé ? What did they hit you with?
Quelqu'un frappe à la porte. Someone is knocking on the door.
Sa maison a été frappée par la foudre. His house was struck by lightning.
Par quoi as-tu été frappé ? What did you get hit with?
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