Usage examples of "vers le nord" in French with translation to English

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"Où allait-il ?" "Il allait vers le nord." "Where was he headed?" "He was headed north."
Le bateau se dirige droit vers le nord. The ship is bearing due north.
Tom et Marie ont visité le nord de l'Europe. Tom and Mary visited Northern Europe.
Le seul chemin est vers le haut. The only way is up.
L'armée est dans le nord pour protéger la frontière. The army is in the north to protect the border.
Tom déposa le livre et regarda vers le haut. Tom laid the book aside and looked up.
Hokkaido est situé dans le nord du Japon. Hokkaido lies in the north of Japan.
Les rameaux qui en donnent le plus sont ceux qui pendent le plus vers le bas. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Les gens à travers tout le nord étaient en colère. People throughout the north were angry.
Il leva les yeux vers le ciel. He looked up at the sky.
Le vent souffle vers le sud. The wind blows south.
Il dirigea son attention vers le tableau. He turned his attention to the picture.
Une plus grande demande pour du café de haute qualité a contribué à tirer les prix vers le haut. Greater demand for high-quality coffee has helped drive coffee prices higher.
Les branches les plus abondantes sont celles qui pendent le plus vers le bas. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Cette race d'oiseau construit son nid en été, et migre vers le sud à l'approche de l'hiver. Those birds build their nests in the summer and fly to the south in the winter.
Il dirigea ses pas vers le village. He bent his steps toward the village.
Des centaines de bœufs se sont dirigés vers le lac. Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.
Les ramures les plus abondantes sont celles qui pendent le plus vers le bas. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Vous savez que ces deux nations sont en guerre pour quelques arpents de neige vers le Canada, et qu'elles dépensent pour cette belle guerre beaucoup plus que tout le Canada ne vaut. You know that two nations are at war about a few acres of snow somewhere around Canada, and that they are spending on this beautiful war more than the whole of Canada is worth.
Alors que les combats continuent dans la capitale Kigali, les forces antigouvernementales rwandaises poussent leur offensive vers le sud. Rwandan rebels are pushing their offensive south as fighting continues in the capital Kigali.
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