Sentence examples of "outre-mer" in French

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Un lapsus révélateur, c'est quand on veut dire une chose et qu'on en dit une outre. A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, but you say your mother.
Nous avons passé nos vacances à la mer. We spent our holiday at the seaside.
Outre la pluie, nous avons eu des vents très forts. Besides the rain, we experienced heavy winds.
Nous vîmes le navire ballotté sur la mer tempétueuse. We saw the boat tossing on the stormy sea.
Outre le fait de gagner de l'argent, je n'ai aucun intérêt dans l'immobilier. Apart from earning money, I have no interest in real estate.
La pieuvre est dans la mer. The octopus is in the sea.
Outre l'anglais, M. Nakajima peut encore parler couramment l'allemand. In addition to English, Mr. Nakajima can speak German fluently.
On peut avoir une belle vue sur la mer depuis la colline. We can get a beautiful view of the sea from the hill.
Il fume comme un pompier et boit comme une outre. He smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.
Il y avait une tempête violente sur la mer. There was a violent storm at sea.
Outre son salaire, il reçoit de l'argent de ses investissements. Aside from his salary, he receives money from investments.
Les eaux usées polluent souvent la mer. Sewage often pollutes the ocean.
Il faisait froid ce jour-là, et il commença en outre à pleuvoir. It was cold that day, and moreover it began to rain.
J'ai vu le navire sombrer en mer. I saw the ship sink in the sea.
Beaucoup d'hommes sont morts en mer. Many men died at sea.
Que préférez-vous ? La mer ou la montagne ? Which do you like better, the sea or the mountains?
Je nage à la mer tous les jours. I swim in the sea every day.
La mer était aussi lisse que le verre. The sea was as smooth as glass.
Bill vit près de la mer. Bill lives near the sea.
En mer, pour empêcher le poisson qui est capturé de se gâter, il est immédiatement réfrigéré. When out at sea, to keep the fish that is caught from spoiling, it is immediately refrigerated.
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