Sentence examples of "en se servant de" in French
En se servant du couteau de la cuisine, ma femme s'est coupé le doigt.
When using the kitchen knife, my wife cut her finger.
Rien ne me parait plus tendre qu'un vieux couple qui descend la rue en se tenant par la main.
Nothing seems so tender to me as an old couple walking down the street holding hands.
Il y a des mères et des pères qui resteront éveillés dans leur lit après que les enfants se seront endormis, en se demandant comment ils paieront l'hypothèque ou les factures du médecin, ou comment ils pourront mettre assez d'argent de côté pour les études universitaires de leur enfant.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for their child's college education.
L'homme en état d'ébriété se trouva en prison en se réveillant.
The drunken man awoke to find himself in prison.
En se domestiquant eux-mêmes comme du bétail, les êtres humains donnèrent naissance à la civilisation.
Through domesticating ourselves like cattle, people began civilization.
Mon vieux, ce qu'elle avait l'air ridicule en se pointant à cette soirée habillée en jeans !
Boy, did she have egg on her face when she showed up at the formal party wearing blue jeans!
Quelques vieillards, en se vantant continuellement de leur jeunesse, nous persuaderaient presque qu'ils n'étaient pas des idiots à cette époque ; mais malheureusement ils se sont laissés eux-mêmes comme preuves.
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
Les oiseaux causent parfois des accidents en se mettant sur le trajet des avions.
Birds sometimes cause accidents by getting in the way of airplanes.
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