Usage examples of "jeter aux oubliettes" in French with translation to English

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Je pense que je vais jeter un œil aux alentours. I think I'll take a look around.

Je fais confiance aux ordinateurs pour autant que je puisse les jeter. I trust computers only as far as I can throw them.

Combien de bois une marmotte vomirait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.

Demain je vais jeter un melon d'eau du toit d'un immeuble de cinq étages, juste pour le plaisir. Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.

Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.

Que tu viennes et dises maintenant cette sorte de chose équivaudrait à jeter de l'huile sur le feu. For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.

Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.

Tu ne dois pas jeter un sort sur quelqu'un à l'intérieur de l'école. You must not cast a spell upon someone inside the school.

J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.

Combien de bois une marmotte jetterait-elle si une marmotte pouvait jeter du bois ? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.

Elle est passée sans même me jeter un regard. She passed by without glancing at me.

Elle le regarda, le sourire aux lèvres. She looked at him with a smile on her face.

Je lui ai dit de ne pas jeter de pierres. I told him not to throw stones.

Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.

Me permettez-vous de jeter un coup d'oeil à votre journal ? Can I have a look at your newspaper?

J'ai ri aux éclats en le voyant. I burst out laughing when I saw him.

Puis-je jeter un œil au magazine ? Can I have a look at the magazine?

Nombreux sont convaincus qu'il est imperméable aux conseils. Many are convinced that he is resistant to advice.

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