Sentence examples of "tomber" in French with translation "drop"

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Il a fait tomber le vase. He dropped a vase.
Tu as fait tomber ton mouchoir. You dropped your handkerchief.
Vous avez fait tomber votre mouchoir. You dropped your handkerchief.
J'ai presque fait tomber les assiettes. I almost dropped the plates.
J'ai failli faire tomber une assiette. I almost dropped a plate.
J'ai fait tomber un vase par négligence. I carelessly dropped a vase.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon bidule dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon bazar dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
C'était si calme qu'on aurait entendu tomber une épingle. It was so still that you would have heard a pin drop.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon machin dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
Il est plus facile que le ciel et la terre passent, qu'il ne l'est qu'un seul trait de lettre de la loi vienne à tomber. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Une pomme mure tomba de l'arbre. A ripe apple dropped from the tree.
Une pièce est tombée de sa poche. A coin dropped out of his pocket.
En janvier, le nombre de chômeurs est tombé au plus bas depuis cinq ans. The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low in January.
Lorsque le fermier tombe raide mort de son tracteur, ça veut dire qu'il doit y avoir un réacteur à l'orée du bois. When the farmer drops dead off the tractor, then at the edge of the forest, there must be a reactor.
Les officiels chinois disent que la croissance économique est tombée à son plus bas niveau depuis trois ans en raison de l'économie mondiale. Chinese officials say economic growth has dropped to a three-year low because of the world economy.
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