Usage examples of "trois fois rien" in French with translation to English

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Je l'ai eu pour trois fois rien. I got it for nothing.
J'ai eu le billet pour trois fois rien. I got the ticket for nothing.
J'ai trois fois plus d'argent que toi. I've got three times more money as you.
Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Il a été en France trois fois. He has visited France three times.
Trois fois mesure et une fois coupe. Measure thrice, cut once.
"Êtes-vous déjà allé à New York ?" "Oui, j'y suis allé deux ou trois fois." "Have you ever been to New York?" "Yes, I've been there a couple of times."
Il se fait couper les cheveux trois fois par mois. He gets a haircut three times a month.
Si tu y vas par le bus, tu peux y être dans environ trois fois moins de temps. If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
Il gagne trois fois plus que moi. He earns three times as much as I.
Grand-mère a trois fois et demie votre âge. Grandma is three and a half times your age.
Ma chambre est trois fois plus grande que la tienne. My room is three times as large as yours.
Je veux une boîte trois fois plus grande que ceci. I want a box three times as large as this.
Il joue au tennis trois fois par semaine. He plays tennis three times a week.
Je vais à Hiroshima trois fois par mois. I go to Hiroshima three times a month.
J'ai trois fois plus d'argent que vous. I have three times as much money as you.
Il nourrit ses lapins trois fois par jour : matin, midi et soir. He feeds his rabbits three times a day: morning, noon and evening.
Si elle retourne en France, elle y aura été trois fois. If she visits France again, she will have been there three times.
Sa maison est trois fois plus grande que la mienne. His house is three times larger than mine.
L'étudiant a manqué le cours trois fois d'affilée. The student missed class three times in a row.
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