Usage examples of "bottes de sept lieues" in French with translation to English

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Savez-vous où je pourrais trouver des petites bottes de cowboy ? Do you know where I might find small cowboy boots?
Elle n'a pas moins de sept fils. She has no less than seven sons.
Devine ce qu'ils ont eu ! Un chapeau melon pour lui et des bottes de cuir pour elle ! Guess what they got! A bowler hat for him and leather boots for her!
Cette phrase est formée de sept mots. This sentence consists of seven words.
Ici, à partir de sept heures, les rues sont désertes. The streets here are empty by 7.
Ce train se compose de sept voitures. This train is made up of seven cars.
Je n'étais alors qu'une fille de sept ans. I was only a seven-year-old girl at that time.
Il y a plus de sept ans, les États-Unis poursuivaient al Qaeda et les Talibans avec un large soutien international. Nous n'y sommes pas allés par choix, nous y sommes allés par nécessité. Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
Ce train est composé de sept wagons. This train is made up of seven cars.
Le couple n'avait pas moins de sept enfants. The couple have no less than seven children.
Une semaine est composée de sept jours. There are seven days in a week.
Chaque personne a payé sept mille dollars. Each individual paid 7000 dollars.
Je porte toujours des bottes lorsqu'il pleut ou qu'il neige. I always wear boots when it rains or snows.
Tracez-moi une étoile à sept branches ! Draw me a seven-pointed star.
Il gratta la boue de ses bottes. He scraped the mud off his boots.
Je me suis levé à sept heures. I got up at seven.
Elle acheta une paire de bottes. She bought a couple of boots.
Je dîne à sept heures et quart. I have my supper at a quarter past seven.
Je voudrais acheter quelques bottes. I would like to purchase some boots.
Je t'appellerai à sept heures. I'll call you at seven.
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