Usage examples of "dix de pique" in French with translation to English

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Du courage, Jean. Une de perdue, dix de retrouvées. Cheer up John. There are more fish in the sea.
La moutarde pique vraiment la langue. This mustard really bites the tongue.
J'ai trouvé dix fautes en autant de pages. I found ten mistakes in as many pages.
Qui s'y frotte s'y pique Gather thistles, expect prickles
Une livraison accélérée coûtera dix dollars de plus. Expedited delivery will cost an additional ten dollars.
Elle a pas moins de dix enfants. She has no less than ten children.
Tu devrais vérifier que tu seras à l'heure. Tom ne t'attendra pas plus de dix minutes. You should make sure that you get there on time. Tom won't wait more than ten minutes if you are late.
Elle s'est occupée de sa sœur malade pendant dix ans. She has been looking after her sick sister for ten years.
Dix maisons ont été incendiées. Ten houses were burned down.
Dix équipes ont concouru pour le prix. Ten teams competed for the prize.
Je donnai dix balles de pourboire au taxi pour m'avoir emmené à l'heure à l'aéroport. I tipped the cabbie ten bucks for getting me to the airport on time.
Je l'ai acheté pour dix dollars. I bought it for ten dollars.
C'est juste à dix minutes de marche d'ici. It's only ten minutes' walk from here.
Il met un point d'honneur à faire dix pompes avant d'aller se coucher. He makes a point of doing ten push-ups before going to bed.
Les prix sont le double de ce qu'ils étaient il y a dix ans. Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
Le comité se compose de dix membres. The committee comprises of ten members.
Je devine juste neuf fois sur dix. I guess right nine times out of ten.
Ça fait dix ans qu'il est mort. It is ten years since he died.
C'est à dix minutes de marche depuis la station. It's ten minutes' walk to the station.
Nous devons encore marcher dix miles avant le coucher du soleil. We have another ten miles to walk before sunset.
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