Usage examples of "nuit sombre" in French with translation to English

C'était une nuit sombre et tempétueuse. It was a dark and stormy night.

Une fois, je suis allé à l'atelier d'un peintre que je venais de rencontrer au milieu de la nuit. C'était une pièce sombre dans un grenier. One time, I went to the atelier of a painter I had just met in the middle of the night. It was a dark room in an attic.

Il faisait très sombre. It was very dark.

Nous dansâmes toute la nuit. We danced all night long.

En dehors d'un chien, un livre est le meilleur ami de l'homme. Au dedans d'un chien, il fait trop sombre pour lire. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Il y avait du tonnerre et des éclairs la nuit dernière. There was thunder and lightning last night.

Il fait sombre dans cette pièce. It is dark in that room.

S'il m'avait appelé la nuit dernière, je lui aurai dit la vérité. If he had called me last night, I would have told him the truth.

Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes. I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.

Faire une nuit blanche n'est jamais aussi productif qu'il apparaît. All-nighters are never as productive as they seem.

Tu dois revenir avant qu'il fasse sombre. You must come back before it gets dark.

J'ai parcouru ses courbes toute la nuit sans me lasser. I went all over her curves, all night, without wearying.

Il faisait sombre sous le pont. It was dark under the bridge.

Elle a travaillé toute la nuit. She worked through the night.

Ce n'est pas bon de lire dans une pièce sombre. It's not good to read in a dark room.

J'ai eu une bonne nuit de sommeil. I had a good night's sleep.

Il fait sombre là-dedans. As-tu une lampe torche ? It's dark in here. Do you have a flashlight?

C'est une belle nuit pour aller danser. It's a great night to go dancing.

Plutôt que des hommes insouciants et joyeux, je suis attirée par des hommes posés avec quelque chose d'un côté sombre. Rather than light-hearted and cheerful men, I'm attracted to sober men with a bit of a dark side to them.

Je me suis tellement ruiné, la nuit dernière. I got so wasted last night.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

What is translation in context on PROMT.One

The “Contexts” section on PROMT.One is your translation-in-context tool that helps you find real examples of how words and phrases are used. Just enter a word and the service will show its translation in context — sentences from bilingual sources where this word is used together with its translation into the target language. This helps you understand subtle shades of meaning and correct usage in speech, whether it is a rare term or a common everyday phrase.

Millions of usage examples from real texts

Millions of translation examples are collected automatically from already translated texts: documents, websites, books, movie dialogues and more. Thanks to this, you can see a word in different situations — from formal business style to everyday colloquial speech. For convenience, the results can be filtered by a specific translation or topic, and you can also search within the examples found to quickly focus on the context you need.

How translation in context helps you learn a language

By using the “Contexts” section, you can effectively expand your vocabulary. The service clearly shows how idioms, phrasal verbs and polysemantic words are translated in different contexts. This makes language learning easier: you remember new words together with their real usage and immediately see correct translations in authentic, living language. Take advantage of context-based translation on PROMT.One — learning a language becomes easier and more engaging!