Usage examples of "poupée de corde" in French with translation to English

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Il m'a sculpté une poupée de bois. He carved me a wooden doll.
Donnez assez de corde à un voleur et il se pendra lui-même. Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Quelle belle poupée de Kabuki, non ! That's a beautiful Kabuki doll!
Les chasseurs capturèrent l'animal sauvage avec un solide filet de corde. The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.
Attache la corde à l'arbre. Fasten the rope to the tree.
La fillette écrasait sa poupée avec affection. The girl squeezed her doll affectionately.
Il s'est accroché à une corde et s'est sauvé tout seul. He caught hold of a rope and saved himself.
Je lui ai envoyé une poupée. I sent her a doll.
Je me suis fermement tenu à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Je lui ai acheté une poupée. I got her a doll.
Cette corde est résistante, n'est-ce pas ? This rope is strong, isn't it?
C'est une poupée japonaise. This is a Japanese doll.
Je me suis accrochée à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I grasped the rope so as not to fall.
Montre-moi la poupée que tu as achetée hier. Show me the doll that you bought yesterday.
La corde n'était pas assez solide pour le soutenir. The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
C'est une poupée. It's a doll.
La corde se tendit sous son poids. His weight strained the rope.
Je lui ai fabriqué une poupée. I made her a doll.
Il lâcha la corde et tomba dans la rivière. He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river.
Qui a fabriqué la poupée ? Who made the doll?
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