Usage examples of "lampe électrique" in French with translation to English

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Edison inventa la lampe électrique. Edison invented the electric lamp.
J'ai acheté une vieille lampe. I bought an old lamp.
Les ouvriers mettent en place le réseau électrique de la nouvelle maison. The workers are wiring the new house.
L'homme sans patience, c'est comme une lampe sans huile. A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
Notre chauffage électrique ne fonctionne pas bien. Our electric heater does not work well.
Je dois changer cette lampe fluorescente. I must replace that fluorescent lamp.
Retire la fourchette de la prise électrique. Take the fork out of the electric socket.
Elle éclaira de sa lampe le sol devant nous. She shone her torch on the floor in front of us.
La centrale électrique alimente le quartier éloigné en électricité. The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.
La lampe était suspendue à la branche d'un arbre. The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
La foudre est un phénomène électrique. Lightning is an electrical phenomenon.
Vite soufflons la lampe, afin de nous cacher dans les ténèbres! Quick, turn off the lamp, I want to hide in the darkness.
Comme l’eau, comme le gaz, comme le courant électrique viennent de loin dans nos demeures répondre à nos besoins moyennant un effort quasi nul, ainsi serons-nous alimentés d’images visuelles ou auditives, naissant et s’évanouissant au moindre geste, presque à un signe. Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.
Le mineur a demandé au génie de la lampe une vie heureuse. The miner asked the lamp spirit for a happy life.
Il y a un dysfonctionnement dans le système électrique. There is a fault in the electrical system.
Disposez-vous d'une lampe torche que je pourrais emprunter ? Do you have a flashlight that I could borrow?
Chaque hôpital dispose d'un générateur électrique de secours en cas de panne générale. Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout.
Il fait sombre là-dedans. As-tu une lampe torche ? It's dark in here. Do you have a flashlight?
Il s'est électrocuté en jouant de la harpe électrique. He was electrocuted while playing the electric harp.
La lampe pend du plafond. The lamp is hanging from the ceiling.
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