Usage examples of "se placer" in French with translation to English

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Je soulevai ma fille de telle sorte qu'elle puisse placer l'étoile au haut de l'arbre de Noël. I lifted my daughter up so she could put the star on top of the Christmas tree.

Je n'ai aucun intérêt à placer mon argent dans vos rêves. I have no interest in putting my money into your dreams.

Un pélican peut placer beaucoup de poisson dans son bec. A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.

Je peux placer la paume des mains sur le sol sans plier les genoux. I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.

Jamais cour n’a eu tant de belles personnes et d’hommes admirablement bien faits ; et il semblait que la nature eût pris plaisir à placer ce qu’elle donne de plus beau dans les plus grandes princesses et dans les plus grands princes. Never were finer women or more accomplished men seen in any Court, and Nature seemed to have taken pleasure in lavishing her greatest graces on the greatest persons.

Veuillez placer vos bagages sur cette balance. Please put your baggage on this scale.

Je n'ai aucun intérêt à placer mon argent dans tes rêves. I have no interest in putting my money into your dreams.

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