Sentence examples of "laissa tomber" in French

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Il laissa tomber la tasse, qui se cassa. He dropped the cup and broke it.
J'ai presque laissé tomber les assiettes. I almost dropped the plates.
Je ne peux pas laisser tomber cette affaire. I can't let the matter drop.
J'ai juste laissé tomber de dire au revoir. I just dropped in to say goodbye.
Il a laissé tomber son portefeuille, et maintenant il est à moi. He dropped his wallet, and now it's mine.
J'ai passé des heures à chercher la clé que j'avais laissée tomber. I spent hours looking for the key that I had dropped.
Elle a laissé tomber quelques allusions peu subtiles au sujet de ce qu'elle voudrait pour Noël. She's been dropping some not-so-subtle hints about what she would like for Christmas.
Ne laisse pas tomber cette tasse. Don't drop that cup.
Elle le laissa tomber pour un homme plus jeune. She dumped him for a younger man.
Elle le laissa tomber pour un homme plus riche. She dumped him for a richer man.
Elle le laissa tomber parce qu'elle pensait qu'il était un pauvre type. She dumped him because she thought he was a jerk.
Il promit de m'aider, mais à la dernière minute me laissa tomber. He promised to help me, but at the last minute he let me down.
Il laissa tomber. He dropped it.
Il laissa ses livres tomber à terre. He let his books fall to the floor.
L'accident laissa une longue et profonde déchirure sur le côté de l'avion. The accident left a long, deep gash in the side of the airplane.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon machin dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
La tornade laissa une traînée de destruction dans son sillage. The tornado left a trail of destruction in its wake.
Tu peux compter sur lui. Il ne te laissera jamais tomber. You can rely on him. He never lets you down.
La fille laissa partir l'oiseau. The girl let the bird go.
Pour passer d'une phrase à l'autre, Tom tendait son bras. Mary le saisissait fermement et sautait par-dessus le point en évitant de tomber dans l'espace. In order to cross from one sentence to the other, Tom was stretching out his arm. Mary clinged firmly on to it and jumped over the dot, avoiding to fall in the space.
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