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

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The Sahara is a vast desert. Le Sahara est un grand désert.
They will survey the desert island. Ils vont surveiller cette île déserte.
They were marooned on a desert isle. Ils étaient abandonnés sur une île déserte.
They shot the film in an actual desert. Ils ont tourné le film dans un vrai désert.
Was Venus, a desert planet with thick clouds of sulfuric acid, foretelling the future of Earth? Venus, planète déserte dotée d'épais nuages d'acide sulfurique, augurait-elle l'avenir de la Terre ?
When real life friends desert us, books are always ready to offer friendship, sympathy and motivation. Lorsque nos amis de la vie réelle nous abandonnent, les livres sont toujours prêts à offrir amitié, compassion et motivation.
One-third of the Earth's surface is desert. Un tiers de la surface de la Terre est désert.
We saw what looked like an oasis in the desert. Nous vîmes quelque chose qui semblait comme une oasis dans le désert.
A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert. Un chameau est, pour ainsi dire, un bateau dans le désert.
I've never seen a more god-forsaken stretch of desert. Je n'ai jamais vu une bande de désert aussi désolée.
A caravan of fifty camels slowly made its way through the desert. Une caravane de cinquante chameaux se dirigeait lentement à travers le désert.
If you go hiking in the desert, be sure to take plenty of water. Si vous allez randonner dans le désert, assurez-vous de prendre beaucoup d'eau.
I wanted to kill him, but I was too stressed to hold firmly his Desert Eagle. Je voulais le tuer, mais j'étais trop stressé pour tenir fermement son Desert Eagle.
The first centuries of superluminal space exploration proved that neighbouring space was mostly desert as other life discovered was in a primordial state. Les premiers siècles d'exploration spatiale supralumineuse révélèrent que l'espace voisin était essentiellement désert, étant donné que la vie découverte se trouvait dans un état premier.
His presence of mind deserted him. Sa présence d'esprit l'a déserté.
He was deserted by his friends. Il fut abandonné par ses amis.
I liked walking alone on the deserted beach. J'appréciai de marcher seul sur la plage déserte.
I liked walking alone on the deserted beach in the evening. J'appréciais de marcher seul sur la plage désertée, dans la soirée.
Our two heroes having deserted this sentence, their adventures seemed to be willing to end precisely with this word. Nos deux héros ayant déserté cette phrase, leurs aventures semblaient bien vouloir se terminer précisément à ce mot-ci.
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