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

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Il encaissa ses jetons et alla assister à un spectacle au casino d'en face. He cashed in his chips and took in a show at the casino across the street.
Donne-moi cinq jetons, s'il te plaît. Give me five tokens, please.
Il a jeté l'éponge. He threw in the towel.
Le sort en est jeté The die is cast
Le 18 mai, un jeune couple japonais fut arrêté après que leur bébé d'un an ait été trouvé emballé dans un sac plastique et jeté dans une gouttière. On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter.
Une habitude ne peut être jetée par la fenêtre ; elle doit être contrainte à descendre les escaliers, une marche à la fois. A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
Ne jetez rien à terre. Don't throw anything onto the floor.
Elle jeta un regard dans sa direction. She cast an eye in his direction.
Ne jetez rien par terre. Don't throw anything onto the floor.
Ne jetez pas de poires aux cochons. Don't cast pears before swine.
Ne jette pas ce journal. Don't throw away this magazine.
Il a jeté une pierre dans l'étang. He cast a stone into the pond.
Le garçon a jeté une pierre. The boy threw a stone.
J'ai jeté mon filet dans la mer. I cast my net into the sea.
Il jeta tout hors du bateau. He threw everything out of the boat!
Je jette l'opprobre sur sa compétence comme statisticien. I'm casting aspersions on his competency as a statistician.
Il jeta la lettre au feu. He threw the letter into the fire.
La sorcière a jeté un sort sur le méchant garçon. The witch cast a spell on the naughty boy.
Tom jeta la balle à Mary. Tom threw Mary the ball.
L'abat-jour vert jette une lueur chaude dans la pièce. The green lampshade casts a warm glow in the room.
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