Usage examples of "perte sèche" in French with translation to English

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Les accros du travail considèrent les vacances comme une perte de temps. Workaholics view holidays as a waste of time.
Ma chemise n'est pas encore sèche. My shirt isn't dry yet.
Nous devons compenser la perte. We must make up for the loss.
Sèche tes larmes. Dry your eyes.
Les gélules pour maigrir ne sont pas une solution instantanée à la perte de poids. Vous devez aussi manger plus sainement et faire de l'exercice. Diet pills aren't a quick fix for losing weight. You have to eat healthier and exercise too.
La chemise est propre et sèche. The shirt is clean and dry.
Son décès fut une grosse perte pour notre entreprise. His death was a great loss to our firm.
Apporte-moi une serviette sèche. Bring me a dry towel.
Regarder les photos de vos amis de Facebook est une perte de temps. Looking at your Facebook friends' photos is a waste of time.
J'ai une toux sèche. I have a dry cough.
C'est une perte de temps. It's a waste of time.
Après avoir passé des heures au dehors dans le vent froid d'hiver, ma peau devint toute gercée et sèche. After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry.
C'est une méthode éprouvée et véritable pour la perte de poids. This is a tried and true method of weight loss.
J'ai la gorge sèche. My throat feels dry.
Nous exigeâmes qu'elle compense la perte. We demanded that she should make up for the loss.
Mon prof de physique s'en fiche si je sèche les cours. My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
L'ennui est le sentiment que tout est une perte de temps ; la sérénité, que rien ne l'est. Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
Elle a une chevelure sèche. She has dry hair.
Je vous compenserai pour votre perte. I will compensate you for your loss.
J'ai la bouche sèche. My mouth is dry.
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