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

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On croyait que la Terre était plate. It was believed that the earth was flat.
Les anciens croyaient que la terre était plate. The ancients conceived of the world as flat.
Sa surface était aussi plate qu'un miroir. Its surface was as flat as a mirror.
Cet enfant pense que la Terre est plate. The child believes that the earth is flat.
Avant, les gens croyaient que la Terre était plate. Previously people believed the earth was flat.
Je sais que la Terre n'est pas plate. I know that the Earth is not flat.
Aussi plate que tu fasses une crêpe, elle a toujours deux cotés. No matter how flat you make a pancake, it always has two sides.
Le sommet de la colline est plat. The top of the hill is flat.
Ma bicyclette a un pneu à plat. My bicycle has a flat tire.
Dans le temps, les gens croyaient que le monde était plat. People once believed the world was flat.
La pile-bouton de l'horloge interne du PC est à plat. The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.
Son ventre me rappelle les cartes postales du Japon - plat et joli. His belly reminds me of postcards from Japan - flat and pretty.
J'ai dû pousser mon vélo, car j'avais un pneu à plat. I had to push my bicycle because I had a flat tire.
Une brise douce et chaude souffle à travers les champs plats et infinis. A warm, lazy breeze wafts across the flat, endless fields.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
J'aime bien réaliser des tours de magie pour les gamins, mais ils tombent parfois à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
Lorsque les poulets sont plats comme des crêpes, c'est que le tracteur devait être plus rapide qu'eux. When the chickens are flat as pancakes, then again the tractor must have been faster than them.
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