Sentence examples of "scales" in English

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I weighed myself on the bathroom scales. Je me suis pesé sur la balance de la salle de bain.
Many European kitchens have scales because dry ingredients are measured by weight there, unlike in America, where they are measured by volume. De nombreuses cuisines européennes sont équipées de balances parce que les ingrédients y sont mesurés au poids, au contraire des États-Unis d'Amérique, où ils sont mesurés au volume.
It seems the rural area will be developed on a large scale. Il semble que la zone rurale sera développée à grande échelle.
Please put your baggage on this scale. Veuillez placer vos bagages sur cette balance.
We scaled up Mount Fuji last year. L'année dernière nous avons escaladé le mont Fuji.
I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000. Je veux une carte du Texas à l'échelle 1/250000e.
The scale seems to be off by two pounds. La balance semble décalée de deux livres.
An earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter scale, hits Japan and causes a massive tsunami. Un tremblement de terre, 8,9 à l'échelle Richter, frappe le Japon et cause un immense tsunami.
At the atomic scale we observe quantum mechanical effects that can not be explained by classical mechanics. À l'échelle de l'atome, on observe des effets quantiques que la mécanique classique ne peut expliquer.
Five tremors in excess of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale have shaken Japan just this week, but scientists are warning that the largest expected aftershock has yet to hit. Cinq secousses dépassant la magnitude cinq sur l'échelle de Richter ont secoué le Japon précisément cette semaine, mais les scientifiques avertissent que la plus grande réplique est encore à venir.
It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale. Il est étonnant de constater que les Iraniens, auxquels les Arabes ont imposé l'Islam en les battant militairement, sont devenus ses plus zélés adeptes au point d'opprimer ceux du Zoroastrisme, qui est pourtant la religion de leurs propres pères. Une sorte de syndrome de Stockholm à l'échelle nationale.
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