Usage examples of "mer noire" in French with translation to English

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Après la tempête, la mer était calme. After the storm, the sea was calm.
Une obscurité noire est un exemple de pléonasme. A black darkness is an example of a pleonasm.
Une femme tomba du bateau à la mer. A woman fell from a ship into the sea.
Assise dans son fauteuil en peau de panthère, la jeune femme en lingerie rouge lisait à haute voix un livre intitulé « La princesse noire ». Sitting in her panther hide chair, the young woman, clad in red lingerie, was reading aloud a book titled "The Black Princess".
Quelle distance y a-t-il d'ici à la mer ? How far is it from here to the sea?
La cheminée crache de la fumée noire. The chimney is belching black smoke.
La couleur de la mer et celle du ciel se fondent l'une dans l'autre. The colors of the sea and the sky blend into each other.
Tom conduit une voiture noire, n'est-ce pas ? Tom drives a black car, doesn't he?
Ma maison se trouve en face de la mer. My house faces the sea.
Elle est très comme il faut dans une robe de soirée noire. She is very becoming in a black party dress.
L'Irlande et l'Angleterre sont séparées par la mer. Ireland and England are separated by the sea.
C'était une nuit noire. It was a dark night.
Nous avons nagé dans la mer. We swam in the sea.
Je préférerais la noire, là. I would prefer the black one, there.
Les marins ont péri en mer. The sailors perished in the sea.
Tout à coup, la sonnette de la porte de devant tinta et l'ombre noire d'un homme seul se glissa tranquillement à l'intérieur. All of a sudden, the front door bell rang and the dark shadow of a lone man slipped in quietly.
Nous vîmes le navire ballotté sur la mer tempétueuse. We saw the boat tossing on the stormy sea.
Ses cheveux sont de couleur noire et sont longs. His hair is black in color and long.
Il fait bon aujourd'hui donc on peut nager dans la mer. It's warm today so you can swim in the sea.
La garde-robe d'une femme n'est pas complète sans une petite robe noire. A woman's wardrobe isn't complete without a little black dress.
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