Usage examples of "jeter fondement" in French with translation to English

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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?
La désobéissance est le vrai fondement de la liberté. Ceux qui obéissent doivent être esclaves. Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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.
La rumeur était sans fondement. The rumor was without foundation.
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.
Les mathématiques sont le fondement de toutes les sciences. Mathematics are the foundation of all sciences.
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.
Ta théorie n'a pas de fondement scientifique. Your theory has no scientific basis.
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?
La compassion est le fondement de toute moralité. Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Elle est passée sans même me jeter un regard. She passed by without glancing at me.
Vous vous efforcez en vain : Votre plainte n'a aucun fondement. You're wasting your energy. Your complaint is groundless.
Je lui ai dit de ne pas jeter de pierres. I told him not to throw stones.
Votre théorie n'a pas de fondement scientifique. Your theory has no scientific basis.
Me permettez-vous de jeter un coup d'oeil à votre journal ? Can I have a look at your newspaper?
Jusqu'ici, ce que tu fais a l'air dépourvu de tout fondement. So far, your action seems completely groundless.
Puis-je jeter un œil au magazine ? Can I have a look at the magazine?
La dîme est un fondement de l'Ancien Régime. Tithe was one of the pillars of the French Ancien Régime.
Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu. We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the book into the fire.
Puis-je y jeter un coup d'œil ? Might I have a look at this?
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