Usage examples of "en laine et soie" in French with translation to English

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La profession de mon père est négociant en laine. My father's work is to buy wool.
Je voudrais un manteau fourré en laine, s'il vous plait. I'd like a coat with the wooly side in, please.
Elle tricote un pull en laine. She knits a wool sweater.
J'ai acheté un pull en laine. I bought a woolen sweater.
Les moutons nous fournissent la laine. Sheep provide us with wool.
J'ai donné à mon père une cravate en soie. I gave my father a silk tie.
L'Australie exporte beaucoup de laine. Australia exports a lot of wool.
J'ai cousu cette robe avec du fil de soie. I sewed the dress with silk thread.
L'Écosse est renommée pour ses tissus de laine. Scotland is famous for its woollen textiles.
La robe est en soie. The dress is of silk.
Ces tissus sont constitués à 100% de laine. These garments are made of 100 percent wool.
Elle enveloppa le cadeau dans du papier de soie et mit un gros nœud rouge sur le dessus. She wrapped the gift in white tissue paper and put a big red bow on top.
J'aime mon bonnet de laine. I love my woolly hat.
Ses cheveux sont comme de la soie. Her hair feels like silk.
Les chats aiment courir après les pelotes de laine. Cats love to run after balls of wool.
Ce sont les arbres dans les feuilles desquels vivent les vers à soie. These are the trees on the leaves of which silkworms live.
Avec le développement des échanges commerciaux et culturels entre l'Est et l'Ouest, un nombre croissant de marchands arabes et persans commencèrent à se rendre en Chine en empruntant la route de la Soie. As commercial and cultural contacts between East and West developed, Arab and Persian traders began calling on China along the Silk Road in increasing numbers.
Où puis-je acheter de la soie ? Where can I buy silk?
Nous avons des chemisiers de coton ou de soie. We have blouses of cotton or silk.
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