Usage examples of "frappe répétée" in French with translation to English

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Un tremblement de terre, 8,9 à l'échelle Richter, frappe le Japon et cause un immense tsunami. An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami.
J'ai lu quelque part que les animaux savent détecter un tremblement de terre avant qu'il ne frappe. I read somewhere that animals can sense an earthquake before it hits.
On frappe à la porte. Someone is tapping at the door.
J'oubliai de fermer les volets avant que la tempête ne frappe. I forgot to shutter the windows before the storm hit.
Il atterrit dans un jardin et frappe à la porte. He lands in a garden and knocks at the door.
J'ai trouvé un jour dans une école un garçon de taille moyenne qui maltraitait un petit garçon. Je lui ai fait la leçon, mais il a répondu : "Les grands me frappent, alors je frappe les petits ; c'est juste." Par ces paroles, il a résumé toute l'histoire du genre humain. I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
Le bonheur de mai frappe à ta porte. May happiness knock on your door.
Frappe la balle avec la batte. He hit a ball with the bat.
J'ai lu quelque part que les animaux savent détecter un séisme avant qu'il ne frappe. I read somewhere that animals can sense an earthquake before it hits.
Frappe à la porte du cœur de quelqu'un. Knock on the door of one's heart.
Le charme frappe la vue, mais le mérite triomphe de l'âme. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Attends, quelqu’un frappe à ma porte. Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
Le bonheur de mai frappe à votre porte. May happiness knock on your door.
Frappe avant d'entrer dans la salle de bains, d'accord ? Knock when going to the bathroom, OK?
L’iaidō est une forme d'escrime qui frappe un attaquant d'un seul coup d'épée, rapidement dégainée de son fourreau, que l'on soit assis ou en déambulation. Iaido, it is a form of swordsmanship that strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether one is sitting or walking.
Que se passe-t-il lorsqu'une force effrénée frappe un objet immuable ? What happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?
Quelqu'un frappe à la porte. Someone is knocking on the door.
Pandark frappe Vortarulo dans la tête avec une planche de bois. Pandark hits Vortarulo over the head with a 2-by-4.
Je n'ai jamais imaginé que nous n'arriverions pas à la maison avant que la tempête ne frappe. I never for a moment imagined we wouldn't get home before the storm hit.
Le charme frappe la vue, le mérite conquiert l'âme. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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