Usage examples of "saut en ciseaux" in French with translation to English

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Il est bien meilleur que moi au saut en hauteur. He is much better than me at the high jump.
Je n'ai rien trouvé d'autre qu'une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Je passai près d'une petite fille qui jouait au saut à la corde sur le trottoir. I walked by a little girl playing jumprope on the sidewalk.
Pourquoi as-tu déchiré le tissu, plutôt que de le découper avec des ciseaux ? Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
Hiromi décida de se risquer au saut à l'élastique, même s'il était effrayé. Hiromi decided to risk bungee-jumping, even though he was scared.
Tout ce que j'ai trouvé, c'est une paire de ciseaux. All I found is a pair of scissors.
Il est sûr de battre un nouveau record au triple saut. He is sure to set a new record in the triple jump.
Puis-je emprunter vos ciseaux ? Can I borrow your scissors?
Je n'ai rien trouvé, à part des ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Je n'ai rien trouvé, si ce n'est une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Je me demande à qui sont ces ciseaux. I wonder whose these scissors are.
J'aimerais savoir quand tu as l'intention de me rendre les ciseaux que je t'ai prêtés. I'd like to know when you plan to give me back the scissors I lent you.
Il y a une paire de ciseaux sur le bureau. There is a pair scissors on the desk.
Les ciseaux ne coupent pas bien. The scissors are not sharp.
J'ai besoin d'une paire de ciseaux pour couper ce papier. I need a pair of scissors to cut this paper.
Utilisez des ciseaux de cuisine pour retirer la peau du poulet. Use kitchen scissors to remove the skin from the chicken.
Elle l'attaqua avec une paire de ciseaux. She attacked him with a pair of scissors.
Elle l'a attaqué avec une paire de ciseaux. She attacked him with a pair of scissors.
Pierre, papier, ciseaux. Rock, paper, scissors.
Ces ciseaux ne coupent pas bien. These scissors do not cut well.
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