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

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Attendons que la pluie cesse. Let's wait until it stops raining.
Les jours de pluie me dépriment. Rainy days make me depressed.
La pluie ruisselait sur le toit. The roof was dripping.
Il lui manque, particulièrement les jours de pluie. She misses him, especially on rainy days.
Un soir de pluie, il conduisait une voiture. One rainy evening he was driving a car.
La pluie s'est soudainement mise à tomber. All of a sudden it started raining.
Il n'est pas né de la dernière pluie He wasn't born yesterday
Une goutte de pluie s'écrasa sur sa joue. A raindrop splashed on her cheek.
Je ne suis pas né de la dernière pluie. I was not born yesterday.
Nous avons eu une forte pluie la nuit dernière. We had a heavy rainfall last night.
il n'est pas tombé de la dernière pluie He wasn't born yesterday
Elle économisa de l'argent pour un jour de pluie. She saved money for a rainy day.
J'ai dû m'abriter de la pluie sous un arbre. I had to take shelter under a tree.
De toutes façons, je peux y aller si la pluie cesse. At any rate, I can go out when it stops raining.
Je pense que ce serait bien que la pluie cesse avant demain. I wish it would stop raining before tomorrow.
Elle est souvent en retard à l'école les jours de pluie. She is often late for school on a rainy day.
En raison de la forte pluie, nous arrivâmes trop tard à l'école. We were late for school because it rained heavily.
Nous sommes partis avec la pluie mais nous sommes arrivés avec le soleil. It was raining when we left, but by the time we arrived, it was sunny.
On s'est retrouvé sous une pluie diluvienne pendant qu'on pique-niquait. We were caught in a shower while we were on a picnic.
Je me rends au bureau en vélo, à l'exception des jours de pluie. I go to the office by bicycle except on rainy days.
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