Usage examples of "bouillir" in French with translation to English

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Fais bouillir un peu d'eau. Boil some water.

Jessie fait bouillir de l'eau pour faire le café. Jessie is boiling water to make coffee.

Combien de minutes faut-il que je fasse bouillir cette asperge congelée ? How many minutes shall I boil this frozen asparagus?

L'eau commençait à peine à bouillir lorsqu'elle ajouta les ingrédients. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.

Je ne sais même pas faire bouillir de l'eau, alors faire rôtir une dinde... I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.

Veuillez faire bouillir juste un peu les œufs, de manière à ce que même les blancs ne soient pas tout à fait durs. Please boil the eggs just a little so that even the whites are not quite hard.

L'eau bout à 100 degrés. Water boils at 100 degrees.

L'eau bout si on la chauffe suffisamment. Water will boil if heated enough.

Le lait bout à plus haute température que l'eau. Milk boils at a higher temperature than water.

L'eau bout à la température de 100 degrés Celsius. Water boils at a temperature of 100 degree centigrade.

L'eau se transforme en vapeur quand elle est bouillie. Water turns into steam when it is boiled.

Notre professeur nous a dit que l'eau bouillait à 100 degrés celsius. Our teacher told us that water boiled at 100 degrees centigrade.

Le bento est un petit repas composé de riz bouilli et d’algues, que l’on vend dans des boîtes de bois blanc. The bento is a small meal made of boiled rice and seaweed, that is sold in cheap wooden boxes.

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