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

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Il me lança le défi de plonger depuis la falaise. He defied me to dive off the cliff.
Un puissant courant d'air descendant fit plonger l'avion. A powerful downdraft sent the plane plunging.
Cette piscine n'est pas destinée à plonger mais à faire des longueurs. This pool isn't for diving but for swimming laps.
Le voleur a tenté de plonger le couteau dans le corps du garçon. The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
C'est le seul homme que je connaisse qui sache plonger mais pas nager. He is the only man I know who can dive but not swim.
Tom et Mary s'apprêtaient à plonger, du bord gauche de la phrase, dans l'infini corpus, lorsqu'ils virent au-dessous un banc de contributeurs affamés, les dents dehors, prêts à leur sauter dessus et à déchiqueter leurs fautes jusqu'à la dernière. Tom and Mary were on the verge of diving, off the left edge of the sentence, in the infinite corpus, when they spotted underneath a shoal of hungry contributors, teeth out, ready to jump on them and shred their mistakes down to the last one.
Elle plongea dans la piscine. She dived into the swimming pool.
Le cours des actions a plongé vers un record à la baisse. Stock prices plunged to a record low.
Il était plongé dans son énigme. He was immersed in the puzzle.
Tom plongea dans l'eau. Tom dove into the water.
Je plongeai dans la rivière. I dove into the river.
Je plongeai dans le fleuve. I dove into the river.
L'aigle plongea sur sa proie. The eagle dived at its prey.
Tom est un maître de plongée. Tom is a dive master.
Il plongea dans l'eau et remonta pour respirer. He dived into the water and came up for air.
Elle aime se plonger dans un bain chaud. She enjoys soaking herself in a hot bath.
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