Sentence examples of "s'élevait" in French

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La fumée s'élevait dans les airs. The smoke ascended into the air.
Ses dettes s'élèvent à une somme considérable. His debts amount to a considerable sum.
Le niveau de la rivière s'est élevé. The river's water level has risen.
La perte s'élève à plus d'un million de dollars. The loss adds up to more than one million dollar.
Les ascenseurs du gratte-ciel s'élèvent à une vitesse étonnante. The skyscraper's elevators ascend at an astonishing rate of speed.
Notre dette totale s'élève à 10.000 dollars. Our total debts amount to ten thousand dollars.
Le niveau des mers autour du monde s'élève. Sea levels around the world are rising.
Sa mère est morte quand il était jeune et sa grand-mère l'a élevé. His mother died when he was young, and his grandmother brought him up.
La perte s'élève à un million de dollars. The loss amounts to a million dollars.
Le sommet s'élève jusqu'au dessus des nuages. The peak rises above the clouds.
Comme ses parents sont morts quand il était jeune, c'est son oncle qui l'a élevé. Because his parents had died when he was young, his uncle brought him up.
Son revenu mensuel s'élève à un demi-million de yens. His monthly income amounts to half a million yen.
Il est plus facile de tomber que de s'élever It is easier to fall than to rise
Au contraire de sa sœur, il a conservé la foi religieuse dans laquelle ses parents l'avaient élevé. Unlike his sister, he has retained the religious faith his parents brought him up in.
Le coût total du projet s'élève à cent millions de yens. The total expense for the project amounts to one hundred million yen.
Il se demanda combien de fois le soleil se lèverait avant que son salaire ne s'élève. He wondered how many times the sun would rise before his salary would.
L'agence de sûreté nucléaire et industrielle a élevé le niveau de l'incident à la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima Daiichi du niveau cinq au niveau sept. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency upped the level of the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from level 5 to level 7.
Les investissements directs en Chine s'élevaient à 3 milliards de dollars l'année dernière. Foreign direct investments in China amounted to $3 billion last year.
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