Usage examples of "demi tire-bouchon" in French with translation to English

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Tire ! Pull!
J'ai une réservation pour six heures et demi. I have a reservation for six-thirty.
Ne poussez-vous pas le bouchon trop loin ? Aren't you pushing it too far?
Les voleurs à la tire ont le droit d'opérer dans cette zone. Pickpockets may operate in this area.
En Angleterre, le serveur nous demanda : "-Combien de bière désirez-vous, une demi pinte ou bien une pinte ?". N'ayant aucune idée de ce que ça pouvait représenter, nous lui demandâmes de nous montrer les verres. In England the waiter asked us, "How much beer would you like, a half pint or a pint?" Having no idea how much that would be, we asked him to show us the glasses.
L'accident a causé un bouchon. The accident caused a traffic jam.
Mais, pour ne pas les scandaliser, va à la mer, jette l'hameçon, et tire le premier poisson qui viendra ; ouvre-lui la bouche, et tu trouveras un statère. Prends-le, et donne-le-leur pour moi et pour toi. But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.
Thomas obtenait une fois et demi son salaire lorsqu'il travaillait au-delà de son heure de départ habituelle. Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
Nous avons été pris dans un bouchon, qui nous a mis vingt minutes en retard. We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Elle tire gloire de ses nombreuses réalisations. She prides herself on her many accomplishments.
Combien pour un demi kilo ? How much for half a kilo?
Ne pousses-tu pas le bouchon trop loin ? Aren't you pushing it too far?
Ne bouge pas ou je tire. Stop, or I'll shoot.
Le boulot lui rapporte un demi million de yens par mois. The job earns him half a million yen every month.
J'ai été retardé par un bouchon. I was delayed by a traffic jam.
Ne tire pas avantage des faiblesses des autres. Don't take advantage of others' weakness.
Je ne peux considérer ma femme que comme un animal à demi paralysé. I can only think of my wife as an half-paralysed animal.
Il était impossible de retirer le bouchon. It was impossible to pull out the cork.
Il tire le meilleur parti de ses opportunités. He makes the most of his opportunities.
Il est trois heures et demi. It's 3:30.
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