Usage examples of "pointe de lecture" in French with translation to English

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L'audience de lecture de l'acte d'accusation d'aujourd'hui offre au prévenu sa première occasion d'exposer son cas en personne. Today's arraignment hearing offers the defendant his first opportunity to state his case personally.
La pointe de la lance était trempée dans un poison mortel. The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
Je ne sais pas de lecture plus facile, plus attrayante, plus douce que celle d'un catalogue. I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.
Il y a une pointe de rouge dans le ciel oriental. There is a tinge of red in the eastern sky.
A l'entrée du métro, chacun présente son ticket ou son badge de proximité sur le verre de la tête de lecture. A under-glass holder for proximity reading heads.
Enfant, j'ai passé plusieurs années en Indonésie et entendu l'appel de l'adhan à la pointe de l'aube et à la tombée du crépuscule. As a boy, I spent several years in Indonesia and heard the call of the azaan at the break of dawn and the fall of dusk.
La bibliothèque de l'Université de Genève a une bonne salle de lecture. The Geneva University Library has a good reading room.
La lecture me procure beaucoup de plaisir. Reading gives me great pleasure.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Je préfère la lecture à l'écriture. I prefer reading to writing.
Il utilise un crayon avec une pointe fine. He uses a pencil with a fine point.
Je poursuivis ma lecture. I went on reading.
La pointe du crayon s'est émoussée. The point of the pencil has become dull.
La lecture éduque l'esprit. Reading develops the mind.
Je viens juste de terminer la lecture du livre. I just finished reading the book.
Après l'interruption, je retournai à ma lecture mais j'avais oublié où j'en étais resté. After the interruption I went back to my reading but forgot where I'd left off.
Ce livre est d'une lecture agréable. This book makes pleasant reading.
J’ai souvent remarqué que les jeunes filles ne savent pas s’intéresser aux œuvres sérieuses, écrites cependant pour leur bien. Cela me confond, je l’avoue, car rien ne peut leur faire plus de bien qu’une lecture instructive. I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction.
Pendant que tu me fais la lecture, je peux coudre. While you are reading to me, I can do my sewing.
Mon père me faisait la lecture au moment du coucher. My father used to read to me at bedtime.
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