Usage examples of "banc de poissons" in French with translation to English

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Beaucoup de poissons ont péri. A lot of fish perished.
Tom et Mary s'apprêtaient à plonger, du bord gauche de la phrase, dans l'infini corpus, lorsqu'ils virent au-dessous un banc de contributeurs affamés, les dents dehors, prêts à leur sauter dessus et à déchiqueter leurs fautes jusqu'à la dernière. Tom and Mary were on the verge of diving, off the left edge of the sentence, in the infinite corpus, when they spotted underneath a shoal of hungry contributors, teeth out, ready to jump on them and shred their mistakes down to the last one.
Il y a beaucoup de poissons dans ce lac. There are a lot of fish in that lake.
Le nombre de poissons dans l'océan baisse régulièrement. The number of fish in the ocean is steadily declining.
Nous vîmes beaucoup de poissons dans l'étang. We saw a lot of live fish in the pond.
Le lac grouille de poissons. The lake abounds with fish.
Je n'ai pas pu pêcher autant de poissons que je ne le pensais. I could not catch as many fish as I had expected.
Le lac est plein de poissons. The lake is full of fish.
Dans la mer, il y a autant de poissons que tu veux. In the sea, there are as many fish as you like.
Meg et Ken se sont assis sur le banc. Meg and Ken sat on the bench.
Les dauphins et les baleines ne sont pas des poissons. Dolphins and whales are not fish.
Il y a un banc sous l'arbre. There is a bench under the tree.
Penses-tu que les poissons peuvent entendre ? Do you think fish can hear?
Il y a un banc devant la gare. There is a bench in front of the train station.
Mon père a attrapé trois poissons hier. My father caught three fish yesterday.
Les deux hommes assis sur le banc étaient américains. The two men sitting on the bench were Americans.
Pourquoi tu me parles d'hippopotames tout d'un coup ? Je ne vois pas le rapport entre ça et tes douze poissons rouges. Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
Où est le banc le plus proche ? Where is the nearest bench?
Les poissons sont des animaux à sang froid. Fish are cold-blooded animals.
Asseyons-nous sur le banc. Let's sit on the bench.
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