Usage examples of "pignon cloche" in French with translation to English

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La cloche n'a pas encore sonné. The bell has not rung yet.
Il entra et, au même moment, la cloche sonna. He came in, and at the same time the bell rang.
La cloche sonna. The bell rang.
Je ne sais pas ce qui cloche, mais on aurait déjà dû avoir de ses nouvelles. I'm not sure what's wrong. We should have heard from him by now.
À chaque fois que la cloche de l'école sonnait, Ivan se mettait à regarder dans le vide et à saliver. Après plusieurs exorcismes ratés, ses parents réalisèrent qu'il était en fait la réincarnation de l'un des chiens de Pavlov. Whenever the school bell rang, Ivan would stare into space and drool. Several failed exorcisms later, his parents realized that he was the reincarnation of one of Pavlov's dogs.
C'est la cloche. Les élèves amassés autour de l'entrée pressent le pas tous ensemble. It's the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one.
Qu'est-ce qui cloche avec elles ? What's wrong with them?
Qu'est-ce qui cloche avec eux ? What's wrong with them?
La cloche sonne à huit heures. The bell rings at eight.
La cloche a-t-elle sonné ? Has the bell rung?
Quelque-chose cloche. Something's not right.
Je courus à l'école, mais la cloche avait déjà retenti. I ran to school, but the bell had already rung.
L'instituteur ajourna son cours lorsque la cloche retentit. The teacher dismissed his class when the bell rang.
Dès que la cloche a sonné nous nous sommes levés. As soon as the bell rang, we got up.
Il y a quelque chose en lui qui cloche selon moi. There's something about him that just doesn't sit right with me.
Lorsque la cloche retentit, l'instituteur termina le cours. When the bell rang, the teacher ended the class.
Il est arrivé après que la cloche a sonné. He arrived after the bell rang.
J'étais sur le point de partir quand la cloche d'entrée sonna. I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.
J'ai l'impression que quelque chose cloche. It seems to me that something is wrong.
Il sonna la cloche de l'entrée. He rang the doorbell.
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