Usage examples of "jeter l'ancre" in French with translation to English

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Le navire a jeté l'ancre dans le port. The ship is at anchor in the harbor.
Le bateau a jeté l'ancre. The ship dropped anchor.
Le bateau a jeté l'ancre près de la rive. The boat anchored near the shore.
Combien de bois une marmotte vomirait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Demain je vais jeter un melon d'eau du toit d'un immeuble de cinq étages, juste pour le plaisir. Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.
Que tu viennes et dises maintenant cette sorte de chose équivaudrait à jeter de l'huile sur le feu. For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.
Tu ne dois pas jeter un sort sur quelqu'un à l'intérieur de l'école. You must not cast a spell upon someone inside the school.
Combien de bois une marmotte jetterait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Elle est passée sans même me jeter un regard. She passed by without glancing at me.
Je lui ai dit de ne pas jeter de pierres. I told him not to throw stones.
Me permettez-vous de jeter un coup d'oeil à votre journal ? Can I have a look at your newspaper?
Puis-je jeter un œil au magazine ? Can I have a look at the magazine?
Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu. We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the book into the fire.
Puis-je y jeter un coup d'œil ? Might I have a look at this?
C'est jeter l'argent par les fenêtres que d'avoir un yacht dont on ne se sert que rarement. It's just throwing money away to have a yacht you rarely use.
Je fais confiance aux ordinateurs pour autant que je puisse les jeter. I trust computers only as far as I can throw them.
Il décida de jeter l'éponge malgré nos encouragements. In spite of our encouragement he decided to throw in the towel.
Je pense que je vais jeter un œil aux alentours. I think I'll take a look around.
Voyant le fils d'une catin jeter des pierres à la foule : "Fais attention, lui dit-il, tu pourrais blesser ton père." Seeing the son of a whore throwing rocks at a crowd, he said: "Be careful, you could hit your father."
J'aimerais que les passants arrêtent de jeter leurs canettes vides et autres ordures sur le sentier de montagne. I wish people would stop throwing away empty cans and other trash along the path up the mountain.
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