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

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La maison a été réduite en cendres. The house was burned to ashes.
Notre école a été réduite en cendres. Our school was reduced to ashes.
La maison fut réduite en cendres par l'incendie. The fire reduced the house to ashes.
Le grand incendie réduisit toute la ville en cendres. The big fire reduced the whole town to ashes.
Le feu a réduit le village en cendres dans son intégralité. The fire reduced the whole village to ashes.
Je te montrerai que l’on peut renaître de ses cendres. I will show that it's possible to be reborn from one's ashes.
Un lapin cendré apparut et dès que je m'approchai, il sauta et retourna dans les bois en courant. An ash-colored rabbit appeared and as soon as I drew near, it hopped and ran into the woods again.
La maison est réduite en cendres. The house has burnt down.
L'hôtel fut réduit en cendres. The hotel burned down.
L'hôtel a été réduit en cendres. The hotel was burned down.
De nombreux bâtiments furent réduits en cendres. Many buildings burned to the ground.
Le feu a réduit en cendres dix maisons. The fire burnt ten houses down.
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