Usage examples of "trou de serrure" in French with translation to English

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La serrure doit être brisée. The lock must be broken.
Il y a un trou dans sa chaussette. There is a hole in his sock.
En ouvrant la porte, j'ai cassé la serrure. In opening the door, I broke the lock.
Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d'une aiguille qu'à un riche d'entrer dans le royaume de Dieu. It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Il mit la clé dans la serrure. He put the key in the lock.
Bouchons le trou. Let's plug up the hole.
"La clé est dans la serrure", ajouta-t-il. "The key," he added, "is in the lock".
Il a creusé le trou petit à petit. He dug the hole bit by bit.
Il faut casser la serrure. The lock must be broken.
Le chien était en train de creuser un trou. The dog was digging a hole.
Lorsque j'ai ouvert la porte, j'ai cassé la serrure. When I opened the door, I broke the lock.
Il y a un gros trou dans le mur. There's a huge hole in the wall.
Il força la serrure. He jimmied the lock.
Il y a un trou dans cette chaussette. There's a hole in this sock.
Donne-moi la clé de cette serrure ! Give me the key to this lock!
Si vous vous trouvez dans un trou, cessez de creuser. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
Il a forcé la serrure. He jimmied the lock.
Quel trou du cul ! What an asshole!
Jim tourna la clef dans la serrure. Jim turned the key in the lock.
Un rat a fait un trou dans le mur. A rat chewed a hole in the wall.
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