Usage examples of "mettre à la terre" in French with translation to English

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Le bateau est sur le point de mettre à la voile. The ship is about to set sail.
Laissez-moi vous mettre à la page. Let me bring you up to speed.
Pourquoi ne pas vous mettre à la course à pied ? How about taking up jogging?
Tout écrivain, pour écrire nettement, doit se mettre à la place de ses lecteurs. Every writer, in order to write, must put himself in his reader's shoes.
Je vais me mettre à pleurer ! I am about to cry!
La Terre a la forme d'une orange. The earth is the shape of an orange.
Il était assez fort pour aider son père à la ferme. He was strong enough to help his father on the farm.
Pourrais-tu mettre à jour ces données pour moi ? Could I get you to update this data for me?
Nous sommes façonnés par chaque culture, provenant des quatre coins de la Terre, et dévoués à une idée simple : E pluribus unum : "De plusieurs, un". We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept: E pluribus unum: "Out of many, one."
Hier, je l'ai croisée à la gare. Yesterday I ran across her at the station.
Elle se calma avant de se mettre à parler. She calmed herself before beginning to speak.
Les racines de l'arbre s'étendent profondément dans la terre. The tree's roots extend deep into the earth.
Il tenait les envahisseurs à distance à la mitrailleuse. He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.
CK devrait vraiment se mettre à Sony ! CK should definitely go Sony!
Quand Vin Diesel fait des pompes, ce n'est pas lui qui se pousse en haut - c'est la terre qui est poussée en bas. When Vin Diesel does pushups, he's not pushing himself up - he's pushing the Earth down.
Dois-je me rendre à la fête ? Do I have to go to the party?
Une fois que vous allumez la mèche, vous avez quinze secondes pour vous mettre à l'abri. Once you light the fuse you'll have fifteen seconds to get to safety.
Il est impossible de dire quand la Terre a vu le jour précisément. There is no telling exactly when the earth was born.
Tom ne croit pas à la vie après la mort. Tom doesn't believe in life after death.
Nous devons mettre à jour notre méthode pédagogique. We have to bring our teaching methods up to date.
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