Usage examples of "billy goat" in English with translation to French

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Billy Holliday had an earthy, gravelly voice. Billy Holliday avait une voix naturelle et rauque.

They killed a goat as a sacrifice to God. Ils ont tué une chèvre en sacrifice à Dieu.

Billy is good at sports. Billy est doué en sport.

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed". Les commentateurs ont décrit le son des vuvuzelas comme "épuisant" et "satanique" et l'ont comparé avec "un troupeau d'éléphants en furie", "un amas assourdissant de sauterelles", "une chèvre allant à l'abattoir", "une gigantesque ruche remplie d'abeilles en furie", et à un "canard drogué aux amphétamines".

Can you tell a sheep from a goat? Peux-tu distinguer une chèvre d'un mouton ?

I want to be a goat. Je veux devenir une chèvre.

His breath smells like goat cheese. Son haleine sent le fromage de chèvre.

The goat Mei, that hurried inside a mountain hut on a stormy night. La chèvre Mei, qui se précipita dans une hutte de montagne un soir de tempête.

He can not tell a sheep from a goat. Il n'arrive pas à distinguer un mouton d'une chèvre.

Horse, lion, dog, goat: these are animals. Le cheval, le lion, le chien, la chèvre : ce sont des animaux.

I got my mother's goat when I gave her the salt instead of the sugar. Ma mère s'est mise en colère quand je lui ai donné le sel à la place du sucre.

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