Usage examples of "moulin à vent" in French with translation to English

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Je n'avais jamais vu de moulins à vent jusqu'à ce que je visite les Pays-Bas. I had never seen a windmill until I visited the Netherlands.
Il y avait un moulin à eau sous le barrage. There was a watermill under the dam.
Je joue de la trompette dans un orchestre symphonique d'instruments à vent. I play trumpet in a symphonic wind orchestra.
C'est un moulin à parole. She is a chatterbox.
Sven était si bavard que ses amis en sont venus à l'appeler un moulin à paroles. Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.
Après avoir essayé mon nouveau métier à tisser, j'ai fait mon lit et réparé le moulin à café. After I tried out my new loom, I made my bed and repaired the coffee grinder.
L'écureuil avança contre le vent très fort. The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.
On était au moulin, près de la canebière. We were at the mill, near the hemp field.
La bougie a été éteinte par le vent. The candle was blown out by the wind.
Le quartier général de Napoléon était dans un moulin désaffecté. Napoleon's headquarters were in an unused windmill.
C'est un mauvais vent qui ne souffle rien de bon. It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Les statistiques fournirent de l'eau à son moulin. The statistics gave ammunition to her argument.
Le vent souffle très fort. It is blowing very hard.
Nous étions au moulin, près du champ de chanvre. We were at the mill, near the hemp field.
Le vent du Nord a soufflé toute la journée. The north wind held on all day.
On était au moulin, près de la chènevière. We were at the mill, near the hemp field.
Le vent souffle du nord. The wind is blowing from the north.
On ne peut être à la fois au four et au moulin One can't be in two places at once
Le vent emporta son chapeau. She had her hat blown off by the wind.
On ne peut être au four et au moulin You can't be in two places at once
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