Usage examples of "puits en mer" in French with translation to English

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Les marins ont péri en mer. The sailors perished in the sea.
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.
En Allemagne, il y a une superstition comme quoi si on allume une cigarette à l'aide d'une chandelle, un marin mourra en mer. In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.
Les Vikings ont parcouru la majeure partie de l'Atlantique Nord avant d'entrer en mer Méditerranée. The Vikings sailed most of the North Atlantic before entering the Mediterranean sea.
Lorsque lui et son équipage furent perdus en mer, Christophe Colomb sauva tout le monde de la faim en tirant cent lapins de son chapeau. With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.
Les navigateurs périrent en mer. The sailors perished in 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.
Après la tempête, la mer était calme. After the storm, the sea was calm.
Le puits se tarit. The well ran dry.
Une femme tomba du bateau à la mer. A woman fell from a ship into the sea.
L'homme était un puits de savoir. The man was a fountain of knowledge.
Quelle distance y a-t-il d'ici à la mer ? How far is it from here to the sea?
Une grenouille dans un puits n'a pas conscience de l'océan. A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
La couleur de la mer et celle du ciel se fondent l'une dans l'autre. The colors of the sea and the sky blend into each other.
Les campeurs étaient à court d'eau parce que leur puits s'était asséché. The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Ma maison se trouve en face de la mer. My house faces the sea.
On trouve difficilement la vérité au fond d'un puits. Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well.
L'Irlande et l'Angleterre sont séparées par la mer. Ireland and England are separated by the sea.
Il n'y a pas d'eau dans le puits. There is no water in the well.
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