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

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Divise la pizza en trois. Divide the pizza in three.
C'est le trois octobre. It's the third of October.
Les invités arrivèrent par deux et par trois. Guests arrived by twos and threes.
Choisis trois livres au hasard. Choose three books at random.
Nous sommes le trois octobre. It's October the third.
Après onze heures les invités commencèrent à se retirer par groupes de deux ou trois. After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.
Tom a écrit trois livres. Tom has written three books.
Un tiers de neuf est trois. One third of nine is three.
Le bureau comporte trois tiroirs. The desk has three drawers.
Si tu y vas par le bus, tu peux y être dans environ trois fois moins de temps. If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
Ma tante avait trois enfants. My aunt had three kids.
Il faut être trois pour apprécier une bonne histoire : un pour la raconter bien, un pour la goûter et un pour ne pas la comprendre. Car le plaisir des deux premiers est doublé par l'incompréhension du troisième. It's necessary to be three to enjoy a good story: One to tell it right, one to relish it and one to not understand it. Because the pleasure of the first two is doubled by the lack of understanding of the third.
Ferme tes yeux trois minutes. Close your eyes for three minutes.
Nous avons connu trois guerres. We have seen three wars.
Je vous cache trois secrets. I'm keeping three secrets from you.
Cinq et trois donnent huit. Five plus three is eight.
Faisons ça à trois heures. Let's make it three o'clock.
Il a trois sœurs ainées. He has three older sisters.
Ma tante a trois enfants. My aunt has three children.
La pluie dura trois jours. The rain lasted three days.
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