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

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Le Japon est entouré de mers. Japan is surrounded by sea.
Les pirates parcouraient les sept mers. The pirates sailed the seven seas.
Les pirates naviguaient sur les sept mers. The pirates sailed the seven seas.
Le cœlacanthe vit dans les mers profondes. The coelacanth inhabits the deep sea.
Il a navigué sur les sept mers. He sailed the Seven Seas.
Les pirates ont navigué sur les sept mers. The pirates sailed the seven seas.
Le niveau des mers autour du monde s'élève. Sea levels around the world are rising.
Loin au-delà des mers se trouve l'Italie ensoleillée. Far away across the sea lies the sunny land of Italy.
On dit que la Chine joue des coudes dans les mers du Sud. China is said to be playing hardball in the Southern Seas.
J'aime voyager sur des mers interdites et accoster sur des rivages barbares. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
Ils ont escaladé les plus hauts sommets et marché sur le fond des mers. They have climbed the highest mountains and walked on the floor of the seas.
J'ai traversé des mers d'éternité pour comprendre que la notion du temps n'est qu'une illusion. I've crossed the seas of eternity to understand that the notion of time is nothing but an illusion.
Il voulait prendre la mer. He wanted to go to sea.
J'aimerais aller à la mer avec toi. I would like to go to the seaside with you.
La marchandise arrive par mer. The goods arrive by sea.
Nous avons passé nos vacances à la mer. We spent our holiday at the seaside.
Nous nageâmes dans la mer. We swam in the sea.
Il alla au bord de mer pour finir noyé. He went to the seaside only to be drowned.
La mer est très large. The sea is very wide.
En été, les gens se rendent en bord de mer. In the summer, people go to the seaside.
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