Sentence examples of "pound" in English with translation "livre"

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We bought a pound of tea. Nous avons acheté une livre de thé.
Fish is sold by the pound here. Ici, le poisson est vendu à la livre.
A pound is a unit of weight. Une livre est une unité de poids.
How many pennies does it take to make one pound? Combien de cents faut-il pour faire une livre sterling ?
Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall. La crise monétaire britannique s'est transformée en crise politique avec l'échec du gouvernement d'arrêter la chute libre de la livre sterling.
"Four pounds fifty," says Bob. "Quatre livres cinquante" dit Bob.
This bag cost me 6 pounds. Ce sac m'a couté six livres.
She bought two pounds of butter. Elle a acheté deux livres de beurre.
I need to lose five pounds. Il faut que je perde cinq livres.
"Four pounds, ninety pence," Bob answers. "Quatre livres, quatre-vingt-dix pences", répond Bob.
I had no more than three pounds. Je n'avais pas plus de 3 livres sterling.
The baby weighed seven pounds at birth. Le bébé pesait 7 livres à la naissance.
He bet two pounds on the horse. Il a parié deux livres sur le cheval.
Last week I gained back five pounds. La semaine dernière j'ai repris 5 livres.
Tom lost more than a hundred pounds. Tom a perdu plus de cent livres.
I'd like three pounds of chicken. J'aimerais trois livres de poulet.
The penalty for spitting is five pounds. L'amende pour crachat est de cinq livres.
Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds. Parce qu'un seule minute coûte presque quatre livres.
Could I change these pounds for dollars, please? Pourrais-je changer ces livres contre des dollars, s'il vous plaît ?
It cost him five pounds to buy it back. Ça lui a coûté cinq livres pour le racheter.
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