Usage examples of "éteindre la lumière" in French with translation to English

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Éteignez la lumière que je puisse dormir, je vous prie. Please turn out the light so that I can sleep.
Éteins la lumière que je puisse dormir, s'il te plait. Please turn out the light so that I can sleep.
Elle a éteint la lumière afin de ne pas gaspiller l'électricité. She turned out the light so as not to waste electricity.
Peux-tu éteindre la lumière ? Could you turn off the lights?
Vous devriez éteindre la lumière avant d'aller dormir. You had better turn off the light before you go to sleep.
Tu devrais éteindre la lumière avant d'aller dormir. You had better turn off the light before you go to sleep.
Je voudrais éteindre la liseuse, d'accord ? I'd like to turn off the reading lamp, is that OK?
Merci d'éteindre la lumière que je puisse dormir. Please turn out the light so that I can sleep.
Puis-je éteindre la télé ? Can I turn off the TV?
La chaleur et la lumière sont nécessaires à notre survie. Heat and light are necessary for our existence.
Assure-toi d'éteindre la lumière avant de partir, je te prie. Please be sure to turn off the light before you leave.
Il s'est levé pour s'assurer qu'il avait éteint la lumière dans la cuisine. He got up to see if he had turned off the light in the kitchen.
Étudiant en histoire, je connais aussi la dette de la civilisation à l'Islam. C'était l'Islam - dans des lieux comme l'université Al-Azhar - qui portait la lumière de la connaissance à travers tant de siècles, ouvrant la voie à la Renaissance et aux Lumières de l'Europe. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Tout à coup la lumière s'éteignit. Suddenly the light went out.
Merci d'éteindre la lumière lorsque vous quitterez la pièce. Please put the light out when you leave the room.
Je peux voir la lumière. I can see the light.
J'éteins la lumière, où va-t-elle ? I turn off the light, where does it go?
La lumière ne fonctionne pas. The light doesn't work.
N'oublie pas d'éteindre la lumière en sortant. Be sure to turn out the light when you go out.
Allume la lumière. Je n'y vois rien. Switch on the light. I can't see anything.
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