Usage examples of "barrage de fumée" in French with translation to English

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La pièce était si pleine de fumée que je pouvais à peine respirer. The room was so full of smoke that I could hardly breathe.
Une fuite de pétrole a été endiguée par un barrage de castors en Alberta. An oil leak was contained by a beaver dam in Alberta.
Papa peut faire plusieurs ronds de fumée. Dad can blow many smoke rings.
Il y a en Islande un volcan qui crache des masses de fumée. There's a volcano emitting masses of smoke in Iceland.
Le train cracha en l'air des nuages de fumée noire tandis qu'il haletait en s'éloignant. The train belched clouds of black smoke into the air as it chugged away.
Aux premiers temps, les hommes communiquaient par signaux de fumée. In the early days people communicated by smoke signals.
Pas de fumée sans feu. There is no smoke without fire.
"Exaucé !" dit l'ange, et il disparut en un éclair dans un nuage de fumée. "Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning.
Les soldats espagnols utilisaient de la poudre à canon qui ne produit pas de fumée. The Spanish soldiers used smokeless gunpowder.
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu. Where there is smoke there is fire.
Il n'y a jamais de fumée sans feu There's no smoke without fire
Le barrage céda et lâcha une grande masse d'eau en aval de la vallée. The dam gave way and sent a great flush of water down the valley.
De la fumée sortait de la cheminée. Smoke was rising from the chimney.
Il y avait un moulin à eau sous le barrage. There was a watermill under the dam.
Nous vîmes de la fumée au loin. We saw smoke in the distance.
Ils disent qu'un grand barrage sera construit. They say that a large dam will be built.
Tom ne supporte pas l'odeur de la fumée de cigarette. Tom can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke.
La fumée montait par la cheminée. The smoke went upward through the chimney.
Je n'aime pas inhaler la fumée de quelqu'un pendant que je travaille. I don't like to inhale someone's smoke while I'm working.
La cheminée crache de la fumée noire. The chimney is belching black smoke.
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