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

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Stone is heavy on its own turf. On est plus fort sur son propre terrain.

Tom can swim no more than a stone can. Tom ne nage pas mieux qu'un fer à repasser.

Christopher Columbus once stared at Medusa, and Medusa turned to stone. Un jour, Christophe Colomb a regardé Méduse, et Méduse s'est pétrifiée.

You may as well talk to a stone wall as to him. Autant s'adresser à un mur si vous devez lui parler.

Languages are not carved in stone. Languages live through all of us. Les langues ne sont pas coulées dans le béton. Elles vivent à travers nous tous.

A good lawyer would leave no stone unturned in his efforts to defend his client. Un bon avocat remuerait ciel et terre pour défendre son client.

This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age. Ce livre dit que les premiers ponts remontent au Néolithique.

The bear left no stone unturned in his search for fat bugs under the rocks. L'ours n'omit de chercher dans aucun endroit alors qu'il cherchait des insectes juteux.

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