Usage examples of "feu croisé" in French with translation to English

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Le feu détruisit entièrement le bâtiment. The fire consumed the whole building.
J'ai croisé un jeune homme sur la rue. I passed a boy in the street.
L'Homme est le seul animal à utiliser le feu. Man is the only fire-using animal.
C'était moi qui ai croisé Masako ici-même hier. It was I who met Masako here yesterday.
Le feu est au vert. A green light is on.
Elle a croisé Jack hier. She came across Jack yesterday.
Le pompier démontra comment on éteint le feu. The fire fighter demonstrated how to put out the fire.
J'ai croisé Naomi en rentrant chez moi et on a discuté. I met Naomi on my way home and we had a chat.
Un feu s'est déclaré la nuit dernière. A fire broke out last night.
J'ai croisé un vieil ami près de la banque. I ran across an old friend near the bank.
Tom tua Mary parce qu'il a découvert qu'elle était à l'origine du feu qui ravagea sa famille. Tom killed Mary because he found out she had started the fire that had killed his family.
Je l'ai croisé par hasard hier à l'aéroport. I met him by accident at the airport yesterday.
Descendez le long de cette route jusqu'au feu rouge, puis tournez à gauche. Go down this road as far as the traffic light, and turn left.
Quand j'ai croisé mon oncle hier, il m'a dit qu'il était revenu de Londres trois jours plus tôt. When I saw my uncle yesterday, he told me that he had returned from London three days before.
Les samedis soirs chaque membre de la famille prenait un bain, l'un après l'autre, dans une vielle baignoire en étain en face du feu. On Saturday evenings everybody in the family had a bath one after another in an old tin bath in front of the fire.
En revenant à la maison, Marie a croisé John. On her way home, Mary came across John.
Les maisons japonaises sont faites en bois et prennent feu rapidement. Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.
L'autre jour, j'ai croisé mon ancien voisin en ville. The other day I met my former neighbour in the city.
Le feu a réduit le village en cendres dans son intégralité. The fire reduced the whole village to ashes.
Il m'a délibérément ignoré quand je l'ai croisé dans la rue. He deliberately ignored me when I passed him in the street.
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