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

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Mère était inquiète à propos des enfants. Mother was anxious about the children.
Nous volons au-dessus des nuages. We are flying above the clouds.
Elle a porté des lunettes. She wore glasses.
Autour des saints, les diables errent. Around the saints roam the devils.
Il est tel un zèbre au milieu des chevaux. He's like a zebra among the horses.
Son pain est beurré des deux côtés. His bread is buttered on both sides.
Le cours des actions a baissé. Stock prices dropped.
Demain, c'est la fête des mères. Tomorrow is Mother's Day.
Je prends des vacances cette semaine. I take a vacation this week.
Veuillez découper le long des pointillés. Please cut along the dotted line.
Les catholiques sont contre le contrôle des naissances. Catholics are against birth control.
M. Tamura a réussi dans le monde des affaires. Mr Tamura succeeded in the business world.
Les marchés à terme des matières premières sont devenus hautement spéculatifs. Commodity futures markets have become highly speculative.
Où se trouve le service des douanes ? Where is the Customs Service?
Il connait ce sujet sur le bout des doigts. He has the subject at his fingertips.
Un avion de ligne s'envola à destination des États-Unis. A passenger airplane took off for the USA.
Dans la plupart des cas, ses réponses sont bonnes. In most cases, his answers are right.
Il perdit une fortune sur le marché des valeurs mobilières. He lost a fortune in the stock market.
Les vrais amis restent ensemble au travers des épreuves. Real friends stick together through thick and thin.
Les prix de l'alimentation sont à leur plus haut niveau depuis que l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture a commencé à les enregistrer en mille-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-dix. Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in 1990.
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