Usage examples of "tomber" in French with translation to English

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Une averse commença à tomber. A heavy rain began to fall.
Il a fait tomber le vase. He dropped a vase.
La pluie commença à tomber. The rain began to fall.
Tu as fait tomber ton mouchoir. You dropped your handkerchief.
J'ai peur de tomber. I'm afraid to fall.
Vous avez fait tomber votre mouchoir. You dropped your handkerchief.
La neige cessa de tomber. The snow stopped falling.
J'ai presque fait tomber les assiettes. I almost dropped the plates.
Elle regardait les feuilles mortes tomber. She was watching the dead leaves falling.
J'ai failli faire tomber une assiette. I almost dropped a plate.
Entre deux chaises on finit par tomber. Between two stools you fall to the ground.
J'ai fait tomber un vase par négligence. I carelessly dropped a vase.
Selon toute probabilité, le gouvernement va tomber. In all probability, the cabinet will fall.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon bidule dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
Il laissa ses livres tomber à terre. He let his books fall to the floor.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon bazar dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
Le clown a fait exprès de tomber. The clown fell down on purpose.
C'était si calme qu'on aurait entendu tomber une épingle. It was so still that you would have heard a pin drop.
Ils disent que l'armoire va tomber. They say that the cabinet will fall.
Ah, merde. J'ai fait tomber mon machin dans l'évier. Ah, crap. I dropped my doohickey into the sink.
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