Usage examples of "fourchette de table" in French with translation to English

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Retire la fourchette de la prise électrique. Take the fork out of the electric socket.
Il n'y a pas de table dans la salle. There is no table in the room.
Pat a fait tomber sa serviette de table en éternuant. Pat sneezed the napkin off the table
Plie les serviettes de table et disposes-en une à côté de chaque assiette. Fold the napkins and put one by each plate.
Cette boîte servira de table. This box will serve as a table.
Il a reçu des dessous de table. He got paid under the table.
Une fourchette est tombée de la table. A fork fell off the table.
Il posa la boîte sur la table. He put the box on the table.
Bien que la fourchette ait été déjà introduite sur les tables des personnes bien nanties, plusieurs membres de la royauté, comme Élizabeth Première d'Angleterre ou Louis XIV de France, mangeaient avec leurs doigts. Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.
Cette table est en bois. This table is made out of wood.
La nourriture chinoise fut servie en petites portions qui ne nécessitaient pas d'être coupées avec un couteau ou une fourchette. Chinese food was served in small portions which did not require cutting with a knife or fork.
Celle-ci est une table de bois. This is a wooden table.
Il manque une fourchette. There is a fork missing.
La toupie tournait dangereusement près du bord de la table. The top spun perilously close to the edge of the table.
Pouvons-nous avoir une fourchette ? Could we have a fork?
Emportez cette table. Take this table away.
Il manie très bien le couteau et la fourchette. He handled the knife and fork very well.
Combien de livres y a-t-il sur la table ? How many books are there on the table?
J'aimerais une table, à la fenêtre. I'd like a table by the window.
Il frappa du poing sur la table. He banged on the table with his fist.
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