Usage examples of "tir aux pigeons" in French with translation to English

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Il est interdit de nourrir les pigeons. Feeding pigeons is prohibited.
Cette église fut détruite par un tir d'obus. This church was destroyed by cannon fire.
Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.
Keeton a placé des aimants sur la tête de ses pigeons. Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.
Pensez-vous que le tir fut accidentel ? Do you think the shooting was accidental?
Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.
Et les jours ensoleillés les pigeons retournaient à la maison. And on sunny days all the pigeons flew home.
On ne pense jamais qu'on ira à la guerre et qu'on finira par tomber sous un tir ami. You never think you'll go to war and end up a victim of friendly fire.
Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
Les pigeons de Boston sont gros et fiers. The pigeons of Boston are fat and proud.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
Peux-tu discerner le chat parmi les pigeons ? Can you spy the cat among the pigeons?
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
Il utilisa des pigeons dans son expérience. He used pigeons in his experiment.
Elle le regarda, le sourire aux lèvres. She looked at him with a smile on her face.
Il a utilisé des pigeons dans son expérience. He used pigeons in his experiment.
Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.
J'aime nourrir les pigeons. I like to feed the pigeons.
J'ai ri aux éclats en le voyant. I burst out laughing when I saw him.
Les pigeons peuvent retrouver leur chemin jusqu'à leur nid avec l'aide du champ magnétique terrestre. Pigeons can find their way home with the help of the Earth's magnetic field.
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