Usage examples of "violon d'ingres" in French with translation to English

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Je suis un gars on ne peut plus normal qui a beaucoup de violons d'Ingres, peut-être trop. I'm quite a normal guy who has many hobbies, maybe too many.
Elle joue très bien du violon. She plays the violin very well.
Le mois prochain cela fera cinq ans qu'il apprend à jouer du violon. By next month he will have been learning how to play the violin for five years.
Il est très doué pour jouer du violon. He is very good at playing violin.
Avez-vous entendu mon fils jouer du violon ? Did you hear my son play the violin?
Einstein adorait jouer du violon. Einstein loved playing the violin.
On l'a entendue jouer du violon. She was heard playing the violin.
Au fait, jouez-vous du violon ? By the way, do you play the violin?
Il joue très bien du violon. He plays the violin very well.
Au vu de son manque total de gratitude, après tous les efforts que j'ai faits pour elle, je me dis que j'aurais mieux fait de pisser dans un violon. Given her complete lack of gratitude after all that I had done for her, I told myself that I would have done better by banging my head against the wall.
Arrête de faire cela, on t'a dit mille fois que ça ne servait à rien ! Autant pisser dans un violon ! Stop doing that! We've told you a hundred times that it'll accomplish nothing! It's like talking to a wall!
Au fait, est-ce que tu joues du violon ? By the way, do you play the violin?
Quelle est la différence entre un violon et un piano ? Un piano brûle plus longtemps. What's the difference between a violin and a piano? A piano burns longer.
Le violon, le piano et la harpe sont des instruments de musique. Violin, piano and harp are musical instruments.
Qui est cet homme qui joue du violon ? Who is the man playing the violin?
Nous avons entendu le garçon jouer du violon. We heard the boy playing the violin.
Comment as-tu appris à jouer au violon ? How did you learn how to play the violin?
Au Japon, des enfants commencent des leçons de violon dès 3 ans. In Japan children as young as 3 begin violin lessons.
La sonorité du violon est très belle. The sound of the violin is very sweet.
Savez-vous jouer du violon ? Can you play the violin?
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