Usage examples of "corde de traction" in French with translation to English

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Quelqu'un a coupé la corde de mon cerf-volant. Someone has cut my kite string.
J'ai cassé une corde de ma guitare. I broke a string on my guitar
Je me tins fermement à la corde de sorte que je ne tombe pas. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Oh, non. J'ai cassé une corde de ma raquette. Oh, no. I broke a string in my racket.
Attache la corde à l'arbre. Fasten the rope to the tree.
Il s'est accroché à une corde et s'est sauvé tout seul. He caught hold of a rope and saved himself.
Je me suis fermement tenu à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Donnez assez de corde à un voleur et il se pendra lui-même. Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Cette corde est résistante, n'est-ce pas ? This rope is strong, isn't it?
Je me suis accrochée à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I grasped the rope so as not to fall.
La corde n'était pas assez solide pour le soutenir. The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
La corde se tendit sous son poids. His weight strained the rope.
Il lâcha la corde et tomba dans la rivière. He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river.
Deux hommes ont eu leurs bras coupés à Taiwan dans un accident de souque à la corde. Two men had their arms severed in Taiwan after a tug-of-war accident.
Ma sœur adore la corde à sauter. Jumping rope is my daughter's favorite.
Ne lâche pas la corde. Don't let go of the rope.
Il lâcha la corde. He let go of the rope.
Je passai près d'une petite fille qui jouait au saut à la corde sur le trottoir. I walked by a little girl playing jumprope on the sidewalk.
Mon pantalon est usé jusqu'à la corde. My pants are ruined.
Il s'acheta une corde et se jeta derrière le train en marche. He bought himself a rope and threw himself behind the moving train.
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