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

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Tu me tues à petit feu. You are killing me slowly.
Un petit feu de forêt peut facilement se répandre et rapidement devenir un grand incendie. A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
Il brisa la chaise pour en faire du petit bois pour le feu. He broke up the chair for firewood.
Le feu détruisit entièrement le bâtiment. The fire consumed the whole building.
Fais-le plus petit. Make it smaller.
L'Homme est le seul animal à utiliser le feu. Man is the only fire-using animal.
Fred fit peindre la barrière par son petit frère. Fred had his little brother paint the fence.
Le feu est au vert. A green light is on.
Les besoins du plus grand nombre l'emportent sur les nécessités du plus petit. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Le pompier démontra comment on éteint le feu. The fire fighter demonstrated how to put out the fire.
Pouvez-vous me trouver une maison avec un petit jardin. Could you find me a house that has a small garden?
Un feu s'est déclaré la nuit dernière. A fire broke out last night.
Nous avons fait la fête jusqu'au petit matin. We partied into the small hours.
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.
Les Chinois ont un grand drapeau et un petit livre rouges. Chinese people have a big red flag and a little red book.
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.
"Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?" demanda le petit lapin blanc. "What's the matter?" asked the little white rabbit.
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.
"Est-ce vraiment là ton souhait ?", demanda le petit lapin blanc. "Do you really wish that?" asked the little white rabbit.
Les maisons japonaises sont faites en bois et prennent feu rapidement. Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.
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