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

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Translations: all18 armoire6 other translations12

Inside the closet are some clothes. Dans l'armoire se trouvent quelques vêtements.

The burglar shut the child in the closet. Le voleur enferma l'enfant dans l'armoire.

A hen laid an egg in my closet. Une poule a pondu un œuf dans mon armoire.

I was afraid of being put into a closet. J'avais peur qu'on me mette dans une armoire.

I'm going through my closet to find clothes to give to charity. Je fais l'inventaire de mes armoires pour trouver des vêtements à donner aux œuvres.

Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed for example. They are also sometimes unable to distinguish dreams from reality. Les enfants en dessous de l'âge de huit ans n'ont pas un lobe frontal assez développé, ce qui pourrait être la cause du fait qu'il ne leur soit pas possible de distinguer la réalité de la fantaisie. Certains d'entre eux peuvent par exemple croire qu'il y a des monstres dans leur armoire ou sous leur lit. Ils ne peuvent aussi parfois pas distinguer les rêves de la réalité.

Tom hid in the closet. Tom s'est caché dans la penderie.

She's cleaning out her closet. Elle nettoie son placard.

He's cleaning out his closet. Il nettoie son placard.

Every family has a skeleton in the closet. Chaque famille a un squelette dans son placard.

I hung my coat in the hall closet. Je suspendis mon manteau dans le placard de l'entrée.

I looked in my closet for something to wear. Je regardai dans mon placard pour quelque chose à me mettre.

The cat got locked in the closet. Can you let it out? Le chat est enfermé dans le placard. Peux-tu le laisser sortir ?

For many gay men, coming out of the closet is a difficult experience. Pour de nombreux hommes homosexuels, révéler leur sexualité est une épreuve.

If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet. Si tu veux atteindre le placard du haut tu dois monter sur un tabouret.

I looked in my closet for something to wear, but couldn't find anything appropriate for the occasion. J'ai cherché dans ma garde-robe quelque chose à porter, mais je n'ai rien pu trouver qui convienne à l'occasion.

I had no toys or anything else, so I used a chalk that had been bought for me and drew pictures and letters on a closet door. Je n'avais pas de jouets ou rien d'autre, alors j'utilisais une craie qu'on m'avait achetée et je dessinais des images et des lettres sur la porte d'un placard.

Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet. Une fois, quand j'étais allé chez mon ami Kawai, il tira avec un pistolet. Il pensait qu'il n'était pas chargé et il visa ma bouche, mais il l'était et la balle rasa mon oreille avant de frapper la garde-robe.

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