Usage examples of "jail sentence" in English with translation to French

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The drunk driver had to spend the night in jail. Le conducteur en état d'ébriété dut passer la nuit en cellule.
Choose the grammatically incorrect sentence. Choisissez la phrase grammaticalement incorrecte.
When I got out of jail, I wanted to patch up things with my wife. Lorsque je suis sorti de prison, je voulais raccommoder les choses avec ma femme.
How can I change this sentence? Comment puis-je modifier cette phrase ?
Tom's father is in jail. Le père de Thomas est en prison.
Tom had just one word to cut so that out of this sentence, forever, disappeared our Mary. Tom n'avait plus qu'un mot à couper pour que de cette phrase, à jamais, disparaisse notre Mary.
He will end up in jail. Il finira en prison.
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He spent three years in jail. Il a passé trois ans en prison.
Will you please explain the meaning of this sentence to me? Pourriez-vous m'expliquer le sens de cette phrase ?
It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail. Cela fait dix jours que mon petit ami est en prison.
Do not translate this sentence! Ne traduisez pas cette phrase !
The company accountant was sent to jail for cooking the books. Le comptable de la société a été envoyé en prison pour faux en écritures.
This sentence does not belong to me. Cette phrase ne m'appartient pas.
He says he's innocent, but they put him in jail. Il dit qu'il est innocent, mais ils l'ont mis en prison.
Please change the sentence. Changez la phrase, s'il vous plait.
He ended up in jail. Il a atterri en prison.
Translating this sentence will be very easy. Traduire cette phrase sera très facile.
Ten prisoners broke out of jail. Dix prisonniers se sont évadés de prison.
This sentence doesn't exist yet on tatoeba.org. Cette phrase n'existe pas encore sur tatoeba.org.
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