Usage examples of "ruban à mesurer" in French with translation to English

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Une règle peut mesurer jusqu'à douze pouces de longueur. A ruler can measure something up to twelve inches in length.
Ce ruban ne colle pas. This tape doesn't stick.
On ne peut pas se mesurer à ça. We can't compete with that.
Jane avait un ruban jaune dans les cheveux. Jane had a yellow ribbon in her hair.
Il n'était pas de taille à se mesurer à un avocat. He was no match for a lawyer.
Au cours de mon travail, je détermine parfois simplement une surface à l'aide d'un mètre à ruban. In my work, I sometimes simply determine an area with a tape measure.
Il y a plusieurs façons de mesurer la vitesse. There are several ways to measure speed.
La fille avait un ruban jaune dans les cheveux. The girl wore a yellow ribbon in her hair.
Je me demande comment un gouvernement s'y prendrait pour mesurer le bonheur national brut. I wonder how a government would go about measuring gross national happiness.
Ce ruban adhésif ne colle pas. This tape isn't sticky.
Les premiers hommes utilisaient leurs doigts et leurs orteils pour compter les animaux qu'ils possédaient, ou pour mesurer la quantité de grains qu'ils avaient engrangés. Early man used his fingers and toes to count the animals he owned, or the measures of grain he had stored.
Le gouverneur coupa le ruban et ouvrit le nouveau pont à la circulation. The governor cut the tape and opened the new bridge.
Je ne suis pas de taille à me mesurer à lui. I am no match for him.
Pourrais-tu l'attacher avec un ruban ? Could you tie it with a ribbon?
La valeur d'une bonne éducation ne peut se mesurer en termes d'argent. The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.
Jane portait le même ruban que sa mère. Jane wore the same ribbon as her mother did.
Il ne peut pas se mesurer à sa femme. He is no match for his wife.
Je me suis servi d'un ruban pour me faire une queue de cheval. I used a ribbon to tie my hair into a ponytail.
Le ruban ne s'accorde pas avec la robe. The ribbon doesn't match the dress.
Ce ruban adhésif n'adhère pas. This tape isn't sticky.
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