Usage examples of "manchette courte" in French with translation to English

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Nous serons de retour après cette courte pause. We'll be back after this short break.
Les gens disent que la vie est courte. People say that life is short.
Je ne m'en sorts pas sans ce dico même pour une courte journée. I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
Les gens ont la mémoire courte. People have short memories.
Ils dansent en cercle pour indiquer une courte distance, et ils agitent leurs corps et sautillent vers l'avant puis vers l'arrière pour indiquer une plus grande distance. They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.
Ce n'est efficace qu'à courte portée. It's only effective at close range.
Je n'aurais pas trouvé une explication aussi courte. I would never have found as short an explanation.
La vie de Mozart fut très courte. Mozart's life was very short.
Je ne suis pas un nain. Je suis de courte stature. I am not a dwarf. I am of short stature.
Après une courte poursuite, la police l'a attrapé. After a short pursuit, the police caught him.
Je ne peux pas vérifier si ton adresse électronique est correcte ou pas parce qu'elle est trop courte. I can't check to see if your email is correct or not because it's too short.
La vie de Mozart a été très courte. Mozart's life was very short.
Il m'a envoyé une courte lettre. He sent me a brief letter.
Je ne peux pas vérifier si votre adresse électronique est correcte ou pas parce qu'elle est trop courte. I can't check to see if your email is correct or not because it's too short.
La vie est courte. Life is short.
Cette jupe, n'est-elle pas trop courte ? Isn't that skirt too short?
Faisons une courte pause. Let's take a short break.
En un mot, la vie est courte. In a word, life is short.
La vie est très courte. Life is very short.
C'est par une première courte phrase que Tom fit la connaissance de Mary. It was through a first short sentence that Tom got acquainted to Mary.
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