Usage examples of "boîte à sable" in French with translation to English

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Mets la pince dans la boîte à outils. Put the pliers in the tool box.
Les garçons sont encore en train de jouer dans le bac à sable. The boys are still playing in the sandbox.
Mets les pinces dans la boîte à outils. Put the pliers in the tool box.
Le sable sec absorbe l'eau. Dry sand absorbs water.
Il y a quelques œufs dans la boîte. There are some eggs in the box.
Nous avons fait un château de sable. We made a sand castle.
Il posa la boîte sur la table. He put the box on the table.
À perte de vue, il n'y avait rien d'autre que du sable. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.
Cette boîte doit être assez grande pour tous ces livres. This box must be large enough for all these books.
Votre projet est pareil à une maison qui serait construite sur du sable. Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
Cette boîte est trop petite pour tout contenir. That box is too small to hold all these things.
Il se cache la tête dans le sable, comme une autruche. He hides his head in the sand, like an ostrich.
La boîte est cassée. The box is broken.
À perte de vue, on ne peut rien voir d 'autre que du sable. As far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen but sand.
Dans cette boîte, je me sentais comme un poisson hors de l'eau. I felt like a fish out of water at this firm.
Liberté. Sur mes cahiers d'écolier. Sur mon pupitre et les arbres. Sur le sable de neige. J'écris ton nom. Freedom. On my school notebooks. On my school desk and the trees. On the sand of the snow. I write your name.
Le policier souleva la boîte avec précaution. The policeman lifted the box carefully.
Le verre est fait à partir de sable. Glass is made from sand.
Cette boîte servira à quelque chose. This box will do for something.
Celui qui se fourre la tête dans le sable aujourd'hui, grincera des dents, demain. He who buries his head in the sand today will grind his teeth tomorrow.
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