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

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Ils peuvent brûler plus facilement. They can burn more easily.
La maison est en train de brûler. The house is on fire.
Le café était tellement enfumé que les yeux commençaient à me brûler. The bar was so smoky that my eyes started to sting.
Je sens quelque chose brûler. I smell something burning.
Ce bois ne veut pas brûler. This wood won't burn.
On ne peut rien brûler sans oxygène. You cannot burn anything without oxygen.
Certains hommes veulent simplement regarder le monde brûler. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Avec ces yeux, je verrai brûler les montagnes. With these eyes, I shall see mountains burn.
Au moment où il ouvrait la porte, il sentit quelque chose brûler. The instant he opened the door, he smelt something burning.
Là où l'on brûle les livres, on finit aussi par brûler des hommes. Where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.
Les hommes de génie sont des météores destinés à brûler pour éclairer leur siècle. Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their century.
La chose la plus difficile dans la vie est de savoir quels ponts traverser et lesquels brûler. The hardest thing in life is knowing which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.
Il est impossible de brûler une copie de l'Enfer de Dante, car la glace du neuvième cercle de l'enfer éteindra toutes les flammes attisées par les pages antérieures. It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
Je suis l'esprit de ton père, condamné, pour un certain temps, à marcher la nuit, et, durant le jour, confiné à brûler dans les feux, jusqu'à ce que les méchants crimes que j'ai commis au cours de ma vie soient brûlés et épurés. I am your father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and during the day I am confined to burn in fires, until the evil crimes I had done in my life are burnt and purged away.
Le bois sec brûle vite. Dry wood burns quickly.
Une voiture garée dans le parking brûle. A car in the parking lot is on fire.
Ces maisons ont été entièrement brûlées par l'ennemi. These houses were burnt down to the ground by the enemy.
Les étudiants brûlèrent leurs manuels. The students burned their textbooks.
Les élèves brûlèrent leurs manuels. The students burned their textbooks.
Ce café goûte le brûlé. This coffee tastes burnt.
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