Sentence examples of "canon" in French with translation "cannon"

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Ne jamais utiliser de canon pour tuer une mouche. Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
Le son d'un baiser n'est pas aussi fort que celui d'un canon, mais son écho dure beaucoup plus longtemps. The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.
En une occasion, Christophe Colomb a aperçu un OVNI et a ordonné à ses hommes de l'abattre avec les canons du vaisseau. Christopher Columbus once saw a UFO, and ordered his men to fire his ship's cannons at it.
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