Sentence examples of "livre" in French with translation "pound"

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Nous achetâmes une livre de thé. We bought a pound of tea.
Une livre est une unité de poids. A pound is a unit of weight.
Nous avons acheté une livre de thé. We bought a pound of tea.
Ici, le poisson est vendu à la livre. Fish is sold by the pound here.
Combien de cents faut-il pour faire une livre sterling ? How many pennies does it take to make one pound?
La crise monétaire britannique s'est transformée en crise politique avec l'échec du gouvernement d'arrêter la chute libre de la livre sterling. Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.
"Quatre livres cinquante" dit Bob. "Four pounds fifty," says Bob.
Je voudrais trois livres de poulet. I'd like three pounds of chicken.
J'aimerais trois livres de poulet. I'd like three pounds of chicken.
Ce sac m'a couté six livres. This bag cost me 6 pounds.
Tom a perdu plus de cent livres. Tom lost more than a hundred pounds.
Il faut que je perde cinq livres. I need to lose five pounds.
La balance semble décalée de deux livres. The scale seems to be off by two pounds.
Elle a acheté deux livres de beurre. She bought two pounds of butter.
L'amende pour crachat est de cinq livres. The penalty for spitting is five pounds.
Il a parié deux livres sur le cheval. He bet two pounds on the horse.
"Quatre livres, quatre-vingt-dix pences", répond Bob. "Four pounds, ninety pence," Bob answers.
La semaine dernière j'ai repris 5 livres. Last week I gained back five pounds.
Le bébé pesait 7 livres à la naissance. The baby weighed seven pounds at birth.
Je n'avais pas plus de 3 livres sterling. I had no more than three pounds.
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