Usage examples of "épreuve double dames" in French with translation to English

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« Les consommations sont-elles gratuites ? » « Seulement pour les dames. » "Are the drinks free?" "Only for ladies."
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
Il a traversé une terrible épreuve. He had a terrible experience.
On ne vend ici que des chaussures pour dames. Only girls' shoes are sold here.
Il laça la chaussure de son fils en faisant un double nœud et il dit : «Voilà, ça devrait aller comme ça.» He tied his son's shoe with a double knot and said, "There, that should do the trick."
J'ai traversé une épreuve terrible. I had a terrible experience.
Les dames d'abord ! Ladies first!
Les prix sont le double de ce qu'ils étaient il y a dix ans. Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
Pour de nombreux hommes homosexuels, révéler leur sexualité est une épreuve. For many gay men, coming out of the closet is a difficult experience.
Le hall d'exposition de notre société a été un succès auprès des dames. Our company's showroom was a hit with the ladies.
Ce mot a un double sens. This word has a double meaning.
Bob doit surmonter cette épreuve tout seul. Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.
J'ai vu un homme bizarre avec des lunettes noires, tourner autour des toilettes pour dames. I saw a strange man with dark glasses loitering near the girls bathroom.
Je lui ai offert un briquet à double flamme que j'ai acheté aux États-Unis. I offered him a double-flame lighter that I bought in the United States.
à toute épreuve foolproof
Les échecs et les dames sont leurs jeux favoris. Chess and checkers are favorites with them.
J'ai le double de ton âge. I'm twice your age.
À l'époque, j'adorais jouer aux dames. Back in those days, I loved to play checkers.
Huit est le double de quatre. Eight is the double of four.
Tom danse avec les dames. Tom is dancing with the ladies.
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