Sentence examples of "font" in French with translation "make"

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Trop de sucreries font grossir. Too many sweets make you fat.
100 cents font un dollar. One hundred cents makes one dollar.
Les abeilles font du miel. Bees make honey.
Deux plus deux font quatre. Two plus two makes four.
Les petits secrets font les grands mensonges. Small secrets make big lies.
Les gens généreux font de mauvais commerçants. Generous people make for bad merchants.
Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières. Many a little makes a mickle.
Les petites rivières font les grands fleuves. Many a little makes a mickle.
Les bons comptes font les bons amis. Short accounts make long friends.
Les études comparatives font maintenant des progrès rapides. Comparative studies now made rapid progress.
Ils font un bon usage de leurs chambres. They make good use of their rooms.
Les oiseaux font leurs nids dans les arbres. Birds make their nests in trees.
Vous pouvez voir quelle différence quelques degrés font. You can see how much difference a few degrees can make.
À Hokkaido, ils font des chevaux de paille. In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
Les sabots d'hippogriffes font la meilleure gélatine. Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin.
Les hommes bâtissent, les femmes font les foyers Men make houses but women make homes
J'adore regarder des films qui me font réfléchir. I love watching movies that make me think.
Des pins élevés font un cercle autour du lac. Tall pine trees make a ring around the lake.
Les scandales sexuels présidentiels font toujours bien vendre du papier. Presidential sex scandals always make good copy.
Tout le monde sait que deux et deux font quatre. Everybody knows that two and two make four.
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