Usage examples of "fer électrique" in French with translation to English

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Le fer est un métal utile. Iron is a useful metal.
Les ouvriers mettent en place le réseau électrique de la nouvelle maison. The workers are wiring the new house.
Le fer est tombé en panne à cause de la chaleur excessive. The iron broke down due to over-heating.
Notre chauffage électrique ne fonctionne pas bien. Our electric heater does not work well.
Un aimant attire le fer. A magnet attracts iron.
Retire la fourchette de la prise électrique. Take the fork out of the electric socket.
«Tu promets ?» «Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer !» "Do you promise?" "Cross my heart and hope to die!"
La centrale électrique alimente le quartier éloigné en électricité. The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.
Le bois flotte, mais le fer coule. Wood floats, but iron sinks.
La foudre est un phénomène électrique. Lightning is an electrical phenomenon.
Tom ne nage pas mieux qu'un fer à repasser. Tom can swim no more than a stone can.
Comme l’eau, comme le gaz, comme le courant électrique viennent de loin dans nos demeures répondre à nos besoins moyennant un effort quasi nul, ainsi serons-nous alimentés d’images visuelles ou auditives, naissant et s’évanouissant au moindre geste, presque à un signe. Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.
Le pont de Golden Gate est fait en fer. The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.
Il y a un dysfonctionnement dans le système électrique. There is a fault in the electrical system.
Son taux de fer était trop bas, donc elle ne pouvait pas donner son sang. She didn't have enough iron, so she couldn't give blood.
Chaque hôpital dispose d'un générateur électrique de secours en cas de panne générale. Every hospital has a back-up electric generator in case of blackout.
Il faut battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud. Strike while the iron is hot.
Il s'est électrocuté en jouant de la harpe électrique. He was electrocuted while playing the electric harp.
Le fer est dur. Iron is hard.
Cette montre est électrique. This clock is electric.
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