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

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Lorsque les vaches volent haut et les boeufs volent bas, c'est qu'il y a probablement une tornade. When the cow flies high and the ox flies low, there probably is a twister.
As-tu du boeuf séché ? Do you have dried beef?
Le pluriel de « bœuf » est « bœufs ». The plural of ox is oxen.
Je préfère le mouton au bœuf. I prefer mutton to beef.
Le pluriel de « bœuf » est « bœufs ». The plural of ox is oxen.
Du bœuf s'il vous plaît. Beef, please.
Qui vole un oeuf vole un boeuf He that will steal an egg will steal an ox
L'Afrique exporte du boeuf en Europe. Africa is exporting beef to Europe.
Qui vole un œuf vole un bœuf. He who steals a pin will steal an ox.
J'ai une préférence pour le bœuf. I have a predilection for beef.
Le cheval n'a pas de cornes; le bœuf et le mouton en ont. The horse doesn't have horns; the ox and the sheep have horns.
Il n'aime pas le bœuf, moi non plus. He doesn't like beef. Neither do I.
Je ne mange pas de porc, de boeuf ou d'oeufs. I don't eat pork, beef or eggs.
Il est prévu d'augmenter l'importation de bœuf américain pour satisfaire la demande croissante. Additional imports of American beef are planned to meet rising demand.
Le peuple poussa des cris, et les sacrificateurs sonnèrent des trompettes. Lorsque le peuple entendit le son de la trompette, il poussa de grands cris, et la muraille s'écroula; le peuple monta dans la ville, chacun devant soi. Ils s'emparèrent de la ville, et ils dévouèrent par interdit, au fil de l'épée, tout ce qui était dans la ville, hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards, jusqu'aux boeufs, aux brebis et aux ânes. When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
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