Sentence examples of "sailor" in English

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Tom acted the part of a sailor. Tom jouait le rôle d'un marin.
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor. Une mer calme n'a jamais fait de marin chevronné.
A sailor is at sea much of the time. Un marin est la plupart du temps à la mer.
A sailor frequently has no time to get his sea legs after leaving port before a battle starts. Après avoir quitté le port, un marin a rarement le temps d’acquérir le pied marin avant qu'une bataille ne commence.
In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea. En Allemagne, il y a une superstition comme quoi si on allume une cigarette à l'aide d'une chandelle, un marin mourra en mer.
Many sailors can't swim. De nombreux marins ne savent pas nager.
The sailors abandoned the burning ship. Les marins abandonnèrent le navire en flammes.
It was a ship with a crew of 25 sailors. C'était un navire avec un équipage de 25 marins.
All the skill of the sailors gave way to the violence of the storm. Toute la compétence des marins céda sous la violence de la tempête.
Christopher Columbus once discovered an entire ship of deceased sailors... and politely ignored it. Un jour, Christophe Colomb découvrit un vaisseau rempli de marins morts, et l'a poliment ignoré.
Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness. Même à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, les marins de la marine britannique n'étaient pas autorisés à utiliser des couteaux et des fourchettes parce que c'était considéré comme un signe de faiblesse.
Tom swears like a sailor. Tom jure comme un charretier.
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