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

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Vultures circled above the dead body. Au-dessus du cadavre tournaient des vautours.
It's a dead end. C'est un cul-de-sac.
The road came to a dead end. La route aboutissait à une impasse.
A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man. Une souscription a été lancée afin d'ériger un monument à mémoire du défunt.
A bear will not touch a dead body. Un ours ne touchera pas un cadavre.
The police found a dead body in an abandoned car near the park. La police a trouvé un cadavre dans une voiture abandonnée près du parc.
She is dead to pity. Elle est inaccessible à la pitié.
The station is dead ahead. La gare est tout droit devant.
He avenged his dead father. Il a vengé son père défunt.
The doctor pronounced him dead. Le médecin a prononcé son décès.
A stone is dead matter. La pierre est de la matière non-organique.
He killed him to avenge his dead father. Il le tua pour venger son défunt père.
He cherished the memory of his dead wife. Il chérissait le souvenir de sa défunte femme.
The maid was dead tired of her household chores. La bonne était excédée de ses travaux ménagers.
I never meet her without thinking of her dead mother. Je ne la rencontre jamais sans penser à feu sa mère.
An innocent passer-by was shot dead in broad daylight. Un passant innocent fut abattu en plein jour.
If there was no sun, all the animals would be dead S'il n'y avait pas de soleil, tous les êtres vivants mourraient.
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Toute ressemblance avec des personnages existants ou ayant existé ne serait que pure coincidence.
I cannot look at this picture without thinking of my dead mother. Je ne peux regarder cette photo sans penser à ma défunte mère.
Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd. Quatre ou cinq stylos dans sa poche de chemise, ça trahit bien un binoclard.
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