Usage examples of "écouter d'une oreille distraite" 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.
Tu sembles distraite, aujourd'hui. You seem distracted today.
Il pressa son oreille contre le mur. He pressed his ear against the wall.
Je ne peux pas écouter cette chanson sans repenser à l'époque où j'étais au lycée. I can not hear that song without thinking of my high school days.
La Terre a la forme d'une orange. The earth is the shape of an orange.
L'homme qui se concentre devant une oeuvre d'art est absorbé par elle. Par contraste, la masse distraite absorbe l'oeuvre d'art. A man who concentrates before a work of art is absorbed by it. In contrast, the distracted mass absorbs the work of art.
"Oui !", murmura-t-il dans mon oreille de sa voix ravissante. "Yes!", he whispered in my ear with his charming voice.
Écouter de la musique est très divertissant. Listening to music is lots of fun.
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.
La fille fut distraite et perdit ses parents de vue. The girl got distracted and lost sight of her parents.
Une fois, quand j'étais allé chez mon ami Kawai, il tira avec un pistolet. Il pensait qu'il n'était pas chargé et il visa ma bouche, mais il l'était et la balle rasa mon oreille avant de frapper la garde-robe. Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
J'ai allumé la radio pour écouter les nouvelles. I turned on the radio to listen to the news.
Le pare-brise d'une voiture fut brisé. The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
Camille est frustrée pour l’attitude distraite d’Alain. Camille is frustrated with Alan's distracted attitude.
Je tins la conque à mon oreille et entendis l'océan à l'intérieur. I held the conch to my ear and heard the ocean inside.
Il s'installa dans son fauteuil pour écouter la musique. He settled down in his armchair to listen to the music.
Tom reçu un appel d'une personne qui s'appelait Mary. Tom got a call from someone named Mary.
Vous semblez distraite aujourd'hui. You seem distracted today.
Mon oreille me gratte. I have an itch in my ear.
Je passe souvent mon temps libre à écouter de la musique. I often spend my free time listening to music.
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