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

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"Exaucé !" dit l'ange, et il disparut en un éclair dans un nuage de fumée. "Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning.
C'est arrivé en un éclair. It happened in a flash.
La vie est un éclair, la beauté dure un jour ! Songe aux têtes de mort qui se ressemblent toutes. Life is but a flash of lightning, beauty lasts for a single day! Think about the skulls of the dead that are all alike.
Je suppose que tu as répété "kuwabara kuwabara" après un éclair, ou que tu as vu quelqu'un le faire. I expect you've chanted "kuwabara kuwabara" after a lightning flash, or have seen somebody do so.
Les éclairs peuvent être dangereux. Lightning can be dangerous.
Il y avait du tonnerre et des éclairs la nuit dernière. There was thunder and lightning last night.
Il y avait du tonnerre et des éclairs la nuit passée. There was thunder and lightning last evening.
Il régla le problème en un éclair. He fixed the problem in a jiffy.
La fermeture Éclair de ton pantalon est baissée. Your pants are unzipped.
La fermeture Éclair de votre pantalon est baissée. Your pants are unzipped.
Elle défit la fermeture Éclair de son pantalon. She unzipped her pants.
Elle a défait la fermeture Éclair de son pantalon. She unzipped her pants.
Mes amis nous ont fait faire un tour éclair de Paris. My friends gave us a whirlwind tour of Paris.
La nouvelle de sa mort soudaine arriva comme un éclair dans un ciel bleu. The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue.
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