Sentence examples of "pièce" in French with translation "coin"

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Une pièce est tombée de sa poche. A coin dropped out of his pocket.
Il sortit une pièce de sa poche. He took a coin out of his pocket.
Un côté de la pièce est appelé « face » et l'autre, « pile ». One side of a coin is called 'heads' and the other side is called 'tails'.
Il tomba par hasard sur cette vieille pièce dans un magasin d'antiquités. He came across this old coin in an antique shop.
Le bien et le mal sont les deux faces d'une même pièce. Celui qui détient le pouvoir décide quelle face prend quelle inscription. Right and wrong are two faces of the same coin. Whoever has the power decides which face gets what inscription.
Il aime collectionner les pièces anciennes. He likes collecting old coins.
Elle m'a donné ces vieilles pièces. She gave me these old coins.
Dois-je d'abord mettre les pièces ? Should I insert coins first?
Il introduisit quelques pièces dans ma poche. He thrust some coins into my pocket.
J'ai beaucoup de pièces dans cette boîte. I have many coins in this box.
Mon passe-temps est la collection de pièces anciennes. My hobby is collecting old coins.
Le mendiant faisait s'entrechoquer quelques maigres pièces dans sa boîte de conserve. The beggar rattled a few meager coins in his tin can.
Mon voisin a trouvé une cache de pièces romaines antiques en utilisant son détecteur de métaux. My neighbor found a cache of ancient Roman coins using his metal detector.
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