Sentence examples of "mine" in French

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Une encyclopédie est une mine d'informations. An encyclopedia is a mine of information.
Il s'en alla la mine dépitée. He walked away with a sad look on his face.
J'ai eu par elle un morceau de mine pour mon porte-mine. I got a piece of lead for my mechanical pencil from her.
Il a été tué par une mine. He was killed by a land mine.
Si tu fais triste mine dans ce métier, les clients ne viendront pas. In this line of work, if you make a grim face the customers won't come.
Cette mine fermera ses portes le mois prochain. This mine will close down next month.
J'achète l'argent à un homme qui possède une mine. I buy my silver from a man who has a mine on his property.
Tom et Marie travaillaient dans une mine de charbon lorsqu'ils étaient enfants. Tom and Mary worked in a coal mine as children.
Ces mines peuvent se révéler suffisamment riches pour être exploitées. These lodes may prove rich enough to be profitably mined.
Nombreux sont ceux qui craignent que des coupes dans le budget de la défense ne minent l'efficacité des militaires. Many fear that cuts in the defense budget will undermine the military's effectiveness.
Après un long conflit, les mines de charbon furent fermées et le reste des mineurs furent licenciés. After a long dispute the coal mines closed and the remaining miners were paid off.
Je ferai mine de coopérer. I'll play along.
Il me regarda avec une drôle de mine. He looked at me with a strange expression.
Mon dictionnaire d'allemand est une mine de mots étranges et enchanteurs. My German dictionary is a treasure trove of strange and enchanting words.
Il a fait mine de me parler mais n'a rien dit. He made as if to speak to me but said nothing.
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