Usage examples of "âme d'une poutre" in French with translation to English

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La force d'une femme est sa langue. A woman's strength is in her tongue.
L'eau atteignit la poutre du pont en un instant. The water came up to the bridge girder in a second.
Ton âme est condamnée à l'enfer. Your soul has been condemned to hell.
La Terre a la forme d'une orange. The earth is the shape of an orange.
C'est la paille et la poutre It's the pot calling the kettle black
Il s'est donné corps et âme à son travail. He gave body and soul to his job.
Il était d'usage qu'une fille ne pouvait se marier que si elle disposait d'une dote. It used to be that a girl could only marry if she had a dowry.
Cet homme a vendu son âme au diable. That man sold his soul to the devil.
Le pare-brise d'une voiture fut brisé. The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
Ce souvenir pèse, tel un cauchemar, sur mon âme. This memory weighs, as a nightmare would, on my soul.
Tom reçu un appel d'une personne qui s'appelait Mary. Tom got a call from someone named Mary.
À cause de l'épais brouillard il n'y avait pas âme qui vive. Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.
Il est né d'une mère juive et d'un père musulman, cela l'a beaucoup aidé à cultiver une certaine ouverte d'esprit. He's born from a Jewish mother and a Muslim father; this helped him much to develop a kind of openmindedness.
Je suis le maître de mon destin ; je suis le capitaine de mon âme. I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
Quel est le but d'une pomme bleue dans ce tableau? Que tu te poses cette question-ci. What is the point of a blue apple in that painting? Your asking this very question.
Tom et Marie ont vendu leur âme. Tom and Mary sold their souls.
En raison d'une grave maladie, il ne peut pas mouvoir son corps comme la plupart des gens le peuvent. Because of a serious disease, he can't move his body as most people can.
Que son âme repose en paix. May his soul rest in peace.
Je suis d'une opinion différente de la tienne. My idea is different from yours.
Sa valeur était soutenue de toutes les autres grandes qualités : il avait un esprit vaste et profond, une âme noble et élevée, et une égale capacité pour la guerre et pour les affaires. To his valour he added a most exquisite genius and understanding, grandeur of mind, and a capacity equally turned for military or civil affairs.
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