Usage examples of "noir" in French with translation to English

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Regardez tous le tableau noir. Look at the blackboard, everyone.
Il travaille au noir comme strip-teaseur. He's moonlighting as a stripper.
J'avais classé mes lunettes, du coup je ne pouvais pas voir le tableau noir. I had broken my glasses, so that I couldn't see the blackboard.
J'ai copié sur mon livre de notes tout ce qu'il a écrit au tableau (noir). I copied in my notebook whatever he wrote on the blackboard.
Elle me lança un œil noir. She gave me the fish eye.
Il fait de plus en plus noir. It's getting darker and darker.
Elle m'a lancé un œil noir. She gave me the fish eye.
La ville entière était dans le noir. The whole town was blown out.
Comment as-tu pris cet œil au beurre noir ? How'd you get that shiner?
Nos yeux prennent du temps pour s'adapter au noir. Our eyes take time to adjust to the darkness.
Je lui ai conseillé de ne pas broyer du noir sur son passé. I advised him not to grieve over the past.
C'est quand il fait le plus noir que les hommes voient les étoiles. When it is darkest, men see the stars.
Tout ce que vous avez à faire, c'est de l'écrire noir sur blanc. All you have to do is write it down.
Après avoir rompu avec sa copine, il traîna en broyant du noir autour de la maison pendant tout un mois. After breaking up with his girlfriend he moped around the house for a whole month.
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