Usage examples of "compas à pointes sèches" in French with translation to English

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Elle n'arrêtait pas de bavasser sur combien ses pointes de cheveux fourchues la rendaient laide. She prated on and on about how ugly her split ends made her look.

Ce fut l'innovation dans les communautés musulmanes qui développa l'ordre de l'algèbre ; notre compas magnétique et instruments de navigation ; notre maîtrise des crayons et de l'imprimerie ; notre compréhension de la dissémination de la maladie et de comment elle peut être soignée. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed.

Mes chaussettes sont-elles déjà sèches ? Are my socks dry already?

Charles Walcot a enquêté sur le compas magnétique des pigeons. Charles Walcot investigated the magnetic compass bearing sense in pigeons.

Si tu sèches mes cours, je te tuerai. If you skip my class, I will kill you.

Pendant les dix dernières années, j'ai nourri mon chien avec des croquettes sèches. For the past 10 years, I've fed my dog dry dog food.

Je veux que tu sèches mes larmes. I want you to dry my tears.

Un feu partit spontanément des herbes sèches. A spontaneous fire started in the hay.

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