Usage examples of "panne sèche" in French with translation to English

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J'avais une panne. I had a breakdown.
Ma chemise n'est pas encore sèche. My shirt isn't dry yet.
Tous les hôpitaux sont équipés de générateurs de secours en cas de panne de secteur. All hospitals are equipped with a spare generator in case of a power outage.
Sèche tes larmes. Dry your eyes.
La douche est en panne. This shower is broken.
La chemise est propre et sèche. The shirt is clean and dry.
Je n'ai pas pu le rencontrer à la gare parce que je suis tombé en panne d'essence. I couldn't meet him at the station because my car ran out of gas.
Apporte-moi une serviette sèche. Bring me a dry towel.
Il y a eu une panne d'électricité pendant le typhon. The electricity failed during the typhoon.
J'ai une toux sèche. I have a dry cough.
Ma montre est en panne. My watch has run down.
Après avoir passé des heures au dehors dans le vent froid d'hiver, ma peau devint toute gercée et sèche. After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry.
Nous tombâmes en panne d'essence au milieu du carrefour. We ran out of gas in the middle of the intersection.
J'ai la gorge sèche. My throat feels dry.
J'ai consacré deux heures hier à essayer de réparer cette radio en panne. I spent two hours yesterday trying to fix that broken radio.
Mon prof de physique s'en fiche si je sèche les cours. My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
Ma voiture, qui est en panne depuis hier, n'a pas encore été réparée. My car, which broke down yesterday, has not been repaired yet.
Elle a une chevelure sèche. She has dry hair.
Nous avons eu une panne de voiture en venant ici. Our car broke down on our way there.
J'ai la bouche sèche. My mouth is dry.
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