Usage examples of "dédramatiser par la plaisanterie" in French with translation to English

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Que la plaisanterie n'aille pas trop loin. Don't carry a practical joke too far.
Elle passa la tête par la fenêtre. She put her head out of the window.
La plaisanterie était à mes dépens. The joke was at my expense.
J'ai pénétré dans le musée par la mauvaise porte. J'aurais dû faire plus attention. I entered the museum through the wrong gate. I should have been more careful.
Je pris la petite fille par la main. I took the little girl by the hand.
Le toit a été endommagé par la tempête. The roof was damaged by the storm.
Mama ! Cette femme et cet homme se tiennent par la main, ce sont de très bons amis ! Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!
L'Irlande et l'Angleterre sont séparées par la mer. Ireland and England are separated by the sea.
Il était agité par la nouvelle. He was agitated by the news.
J'enverrai ce livre par la poste. I'll send the book by mail.
J'ai regardé par la fenêtre du garage, ce que j'ai vu m'a surpris. I looked through the garage window; what I saw surprised me.
Il est difficile de les transporter par voie terrestre, mais facile de le faire par la mer. It's very difficult to transport them overland, but simple to do so by sea.
Je fus fasciné par la performance du groupe. I was enchanted by the performance of the group.
J'ai regardé par la fenêtre. I looked out the window.
Le roman se termine par la mort de l'héroïne. The novel ends with the heroine's death.
Pour calculer le volume, il faut multiplier la longueur par la largeur puis par la hauteur. To calculate the volume, multiply the length by the width by the depth.
Les compagnies de la liste Fortune 500 furent les plus durement touchées par la récente législation. Fortune 500 companies were the hardest hit by recent legislation.
Il était assis à regarder par la fenêtre. He sat looking out of the window.
Les amis de Sadako voulaient lui construire un monument ainsi qu'à tous les enfants qui ont été tués par la bombe atomique. Sadako's friends wanted to build a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atomic bomb.
En regardant par la fenêtre, j'ai vu une voiture venir. Looking out the window, I saw a car coming.
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