Usage examples of "lampe - marteau" in French with translation to English

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J'ai acheté une vieille lampe. I bought an old lamp.
Ne casse pas une noix avec un marteau de forgeron. Don't crack a nut with a sledgehammer.
L'homme sans patience, c'est comme une lampe sans huile. A man without patience is like a lamp without oil.
« Je vois », dit l'aveugle, tandis qu'il ramassait son marteau et sa scie. "I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.
Je dois changer cette lampe fluorescente. I must replace that fluorescent lamp.
Je garde mon marteau dans la caisse à outils. I keep my hammer in the toolbox.
Elle éclaira de sa lampe le sol devant nous. She shone her torch on the floor in front of us.
On a utilisé un marteau pour casser la fenêtre. A hammer was used to break the window.
La lampe était suspendue à la branche d'un arbre. The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
Peux-tu me passer le marteau ? Do you mind handing me the hammer?
Vite soufflons la lampe, afin de nous cacher dans les ténèbres! Quick, turn off the lamp, I want to hide in the darkness.
Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Le mineur a demandé au génie de la lampe une vie heureuse. The miner asked the lamp spirit for a happy life.
Il nage aussi bien qu'un marteau. He can no more swim than a hammer can.
Disposez-vous d'une lampe torche que je pourrais emprunter ? Do you have a flashlight that I could borrow?
Il s'est accidentellement frappé le pouce avec son marteau. He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
Il fait sombre là-dedans. As-tu une lampe torche ? It's dark in here. Do you have a flashlight?
Je me sens comme si j'étais entre le marteau et l'enclume. I feel as if I was between a rock and a hard place.
La lampe pend du plafond. The lamp is hanging from the ceiling.
Elle le frappa avec un marteau. She hit him with a hammer.
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