Usage examples of "élevé sous la mère" in French with translation to English

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Je n'ai aucun bon livre de référence sous la main. I don't have a good reference book to hand.
La mère, affairée, dit aux enfants de déguerpir. The busy mother told the children to run along.
Y a-t-il un chat sous la table ? Is there a cat under the table?
La mère était réticente à l'idée de laisser ses enfants seuls. The mother was reluctant to leave her children alone.
Il y a un chat sous la table. Under the table is a cat.
Le fantasme est souvent la mère de l'art. Fantasy is often the mother of art.
Le chat est-il sur ou sous la chaise? Is the cat on or under the chair?
La mère de Tom pourchassa Tom alors qu'il courait nu dans le hall. Tom's mother chased Tom as he ran naked around the lobby.
J'ai attendu le bus sous la neige pendant deux heures. I waited for the bus in the snow as long as two hours.
La mère relut parfois la lettre de son fils. The mother occasionally reread her son's letter.
Si tu veux vraiment résoudre le problème, alors tu ne peux pas le mettre sous la forme d'un Catch 22. If you're serious about solving the problem, then you cannot pose it as a Catch-22.
La mère cherche un baby sitter. The mother is looking for a babysitter.
Il l'a exprimé sous la forme d'une fiction. He expressed it in the form of fiction.
Celui qui veut conquérir la fille doit commencer par la mère. He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.
Un chat est sous la table. Under the table is a cat.
« Nous pouvons économiser sur la traduction en la confiant à un employé dont la mère parle cette langue. » «Et je suppose que vous économisez sur les frais médicaux en consultant quelqu'un dont la mère a été médecin, n'est-ce pas ?» We can save on translations by giving it to an employee whose mother speaks that language. -- And I suppose you save on the cost of a doctor by seeing someone whose mother had been a doctor?
Il chante toujours sous la douche. He always sings in the shower.
La mère sépara les enfants en train de se battre. The mother separated the fighting children.
On l'entendit chanter sous la douche. He was heard singing in the shower.
J'aime la mère nature. I love mother nature.
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