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

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Il lui faut une serviette. He needs a towel.
Essuyez vos lèvres dans la serviette. Clean your lips with the napkin.
Apporte-moi une serviette sèche. Bring me a dry towel.
Puis-je avoir une serviette, s'il vous plaît ? May I have a napkin, please?
Apporte-moi une serviette humide. Bring me a moist towel.
Pat a fait tomber sa serviette de table en éternuant. Pat sneezed the napkin off the table
La serviette ne compta pour rien. The towel counted for nothing.
Elle souleva un coin de la serviette qui recouvrait son panier et me laissa jeter un rapide coup d'œil. She lifted one corner of the napkin which covered her basket and let me have a quick look.
Essuie ton visage avec une serviette. Dry your face with a towel.
Ce projet a démarré d'un dessin que j'ai fait sur une serviette lors d'une soirée l'an dernier. This project grew out of a sketch I made on a napkin at a party last year.
Il se sécha avec une serviette. He dried himself with a towel.
La serviette fut tout à fait inutile. The towel was quite useless.
La serviette ne fut pas du tout utile. The towel wasn't at all useful.
La serviette n'était pas utile du tout. The towel wasn't useful at all.
Ne mets pas la serviette mouillée dans le sac. Don't put the wet towel in the bag.
Il n'y a qu'une serviette de toilette. There is only one bath towel.
Il n'y a qu'une serviette de bain. There is only one bath towel.
Il a mouillé sa serviette avec de l'eau. He wetted his towel with water.
Tom s'est essuyé les mains avec une petite serviette. Tom dried his hands with a small towel.
Mon chien a bouffé une serviette en papier. Je me demande si ça va le rendre malade. My dog ate a paper towel. I wonder if he'll get sick.
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