Usage examples of "grande surface" in French with translation to English

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Trois quarts de la surface de la Terre est de l'eau. Three-fourths of the earth's surface is water.
Pourquoi ta bouche est-elle si grande ? Why is your mouth so big?
L'eau recouvre environ 70% de la surface de la Terre. Water covers about 70% of the earth.
Jane n'est pas aussi grande que Mary. Jane is not so tall as Mary.
La gravité de surface sur Mars est plus du tiers de celle de la Terre. The surface gravity on Mars is more than a third of Earth's.
Jamais n'ai-je vu baleine aussi grande. I've never seen a whale that big.
Ce peuple devrait être rayé de la surface de la Terre. That people should be wiped off the face of the Earth.
Le Brésil nous apporte une grande partie de notre café. Brazil supplies us with much of our coffee.
La pollution de l'environnement déclencha des changements climatiques sur toute la surface de la Terre. Environmental pollution triggered climatic changes all over Earth.
Si j'avais davantage d'argent, je pourrais déménager pour une maison plus grande. If I had more money, I could move to a bigger house.
À peu près un tiers de la surface de la Terre est occupé par les terres. About one third of the earth's surface is land.
Cette place est grande, n'est-ce pas ? This place is large, isn't it?
Les terres occupent la plus petite partie de la surface de la Terre. Land occupies the minor portion of the earth's surface.
On suppose que la victime a absorbé par erreur une grande quantité de poison. The victim is thought to have taken a large quantity of poison by mistake.
Le même jour, Apollo 11 se posait avec succès sur la surface de la Lune. On the same day, Apollo 11 succeeded in landing on the moon's surface.
Ma grande sœur nage très vite. My sister can swim very fast.
Elle a coulé sous la surface de l'eau. She sank under the surface of the water.
La colonnade de la basilique saint-Pierre est vraiment grande et magnifique. The colonnade of the basilica of Saint Peter is truly grand and beautiful.
Au cours de mon travail, je détermine parfois simplement une surface à l'aide d'un mètre à ruban. In my work, I sometimes simply determine an area with a tape measure.
Cette boîte doit être assez grande pour tous ces livres. This box must be large enough for all these books.
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