Usage examples of "boîte à tiroir" in French with translation to English

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Mets la pince dans la boîte à outils. Put the pliers in the tool box.
Mets les pinces dans la boîte à outils. Put the pliers in the tool box.
Il y a quelques œufs dans la boîte. There are some eggs in the box.
Le tiroir ne veut pas s'ouvrir. The drawer won't open.
Il posa la boîte sur la table. He put the box on the table.
J'ai caché mes notes dans le tiroir de peur que Maman ne les trouve. I put away the report card in the drawer for fear that Mother should see it.
Cette boîte doit être assez grande pour tous ces livres. This box must be large enough for all these books.
Je ne pense pas que ces foutues piles soient dans ce foutu tiroir. I don't think that those damn batteries are in this damn drawer.
Cette boîte est trop petite pour tout contenir. That box is too small to hold all these things.
Les serviettes propres sont dans le tiroir. The clean towels are in the drawer.
La boîte est cassée. The box is broken.
Le tiroir du bureau est ouvert. The desk drawer is open.
Dans cette boîte, je me sentais comme un poisson hors de l'eau. I felt like a fish out of water at this firm.
Je flanque d'habitude ma petite monnaie dans mon tiroir de bureau. I usually toss my loose change into my desk drawer.
Le policier souleva la boîte avec précaution. The policeman lifted the box carefully.
Chaque écrivain à succès a un tiroir rempli de lettres de rejet. Every successful writer has a drawer full of rejection letters.
Cette boîte servira à quelque chose. This box will do for something.
J'ai oublié de fermer le tiroir à clé. I forgot to lock the drawer.
Il écrasa la boîte. He crushed the box.
J'ai trouvé une cache des recettes de ma grand-mère tassées au fond d'un tiroir. I found a cache of my grandmother's recipes stuffed away in the back of a drawer.
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