Usage examples of "bruit de couloir" in French with translation to English

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Mon père se plaignait du bruit de la circulation. My father complained about the traffic noise.
On peut entendre le bruit de la mer d'ici. We can hear the ocean from here.
Et lorsque le sablier s'est écoulé, le sablier de la temporalité, lorsque le bruit de la vie séculière s'est tu et que son incessante ou inefficace agitation a pris fin, lorsque tout autour de vous est immobile comme cela est dans l'éternité, alors l'éternité vous interroge vous et chaque individu parmi ces millions et ces millions, à propos d'une seule chose : si vous avez vécu ou pas dans le désespoir. And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.
Si j'entends encore un bruit de ta part, je t'envoie dans ta chambre sans souper. If I hear one more peep out of you I'm sending you to your room without supper.
Un homme approcha de Yoshi en dissimulant le bruit de ses pas. A man approached Yoshi, concealing the sound of his footsteps.
Sa voix évoque le bruit de l'autoroute. His voice brings to mind the sound of the motorway.
Fenêtre ou couloir ? Window or aisle?
Ne faites pas de bruit en mangeant votre soupe. Don't make noises when you eat soup.
J'en aimerais une côté couloir, je vous prie. I'd like one on the aisle, please.
Le bruit me tape sur les nerfs. The noise gets on my nerves.
Les analyses d'ADN modernes ont disculpé de nombreuses personnes dans le couloir de la mort aux USA. Modern DNA analysis has exonerated many people on death row in the US.
Il tressaille chaque fois qu'il entend un bruit fort et soudain. He flinches whenever he hears a loud, sudden noise.
Elle est dans le couloir de la mort. She is on death row.
Tant que tu ne fais pas de bruit, tu peux rester ici. You can stay here as long as you don't make any noise.
Thomas a été dans le couloir de la mort pendant trois ans. Tom has been on death row for three years.
Penses-tu pouvoir faire légèrement moins de bruit ? Do you think you could make a little less noise?
Thomas est l'un des plus de trois mille détenus dans le couloir de la mort. Tom is one of the more than 3,000 inmates on death row.
Le bruit est le plus sérieux problème pour ceux qui vivent autour des aéroports. Noise is the most serious problem for those who live around the airports.
Dégagez le couloir ! Clear the corridor!
Il a dit à ses enfants de ne pas faire autant de bruit. He told his children not to make so much noise.
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