Usage examples of "sourd - muet" in French with translation to English

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Il resta muet comme une pierre. He remained silent like a stone.
Dans ses dernières années Beethoven était sourd. Beethoven was deaf in his late years.
Il est resté muet au cours de cette discussion. He remained dumb during this discussion.
Le seigneur démon perdit enfin connaissance et tomba au sol avec un bruit sourd. The demon lord finally lost conciousness and fell to the floor with a thud.
Ne t'en fais pas, je suis muet comme une tombe. Don't worry. My lips are sealed.
Il est devenu sourd à la suite d'un accident. He went deaf as a result of an accident.
Je devins complètement muet lorsqu'elle me parla. I got all tongue-tied when she spoke to me.
Il n'est pas de pire sourd que celui qui ne veut écouter. There's no one more deaf than he who does not want to listen.
Il était aussi sourd. He was deaf, too.
Êtes-vous sourd ? Are you deaf?
Comment le serpent à sonnette peut-il localiser sa proie et la suivre à travers herbes et buissons, après qu'il l'a blessée, s'il est complètement sourd ? How can rattlesnakes localise their prey and track it through grass and bushes, after they wound it, if they're fully deaf?
Il prétend être sourd. He pretends to be deaf.
D'un petit gland sourd naît un grand chêne. From a small acorn grows a tall oak tree.
Es-tu sourd ? Are you deaf?
Mieux vaut être sourd que d'entendre cela. Better to be deaf than to hear that.
Il croit qu'il devient sourd parce qu'il n'entend plus parler de lui. He thinks he's becoming deaf because he doesn't hear people talking about him anymore.
Il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre There are none so deaf as those who will not hear
Ce n'est pas tombe dans l'oreille d'un sourd It didn't fall on deaf ears
Il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut entendre There's none so deaf as those who will not hear
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