Usage examples of "prix plafond" in French with translation to English

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Il a peint le plafond en bleu. He painted the ceiling blue.
La bataille fut remportée au prix de nombreuses vies. The battle was won at the price of many lives.
Il peignit le plafond en bleu. He painted the ceiling blue.
Tom ne semble pas vouloir baisser le prix. Tom seems to be unwilling to lower the price.
Si tu n'as rien à faire, regarde le plafond de ta chambre. If you don't have anything to do, look at the ceiling of your room.
Dix équipes ont concouru pour le prix. Ten teams competed for the prize.
Tu ferais tout aussi bien de lire un roman plutôt que de contempler le plafond. You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.
Avec la bonne fortune et son propre effort, il remporta le premier prix du concours. What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.
Une mouche peut marcher sur le plafond. A fly can walk on the ceiling.
Les prix sont le double de ce qu'ils étaient il y a dix ans. Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
Il est assez grand pour toucher le plafond. He is such a tall man that he can touch the ceiling.
Il a réussi en affaires au prix de sa santé. He succeeded in business at the cost of his health.
La lampe pend du plafond. The lamp is hanging from the ceiling.
Le prix de l'or varie d'un jour à l'autre. The price of gold varies from day to day.
Elle regardait au plafond. She looked up at the ceiling.
Nous devons prévenir la guerre à tout prix. We must prevent war at any cost.
Chaque mur de son appartement est couvert de livres du sol au plafond. Every wall of his apartment is covered from floor to ceiling with books.
Le prix que les personnalités ont à payer pour leur célébrité est un manque d'intimité. The price that the famous pay for their celebrity is a lack of privacy.
Je vis une mouche au plafond. I saw a fly on the ceiling.
Les prix ont baissé. Prices have gone down.
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