Sentence examples of "poing avant" in French

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Il est allé en Suisse avant. He has been to Switzerland before.
Il frappa du poing sur la table. He banged on the table with his fist.
Qu'est-ce que tu fais avant ton petit-déjeuner ? What do you do before breakfast?
Un poing fermé peut être une indication de stress. A closed fist can indicate stress.
Je préférerais nourrir mon chien avant que nous mangions. I would rather feed my dog before we eat.
Elle leva le poing, comme si elle voulait me frapper. She raised her fist as if to hit me.
Il ne pourrait se reposer avant de savoir la vérité. He could not rest until he knew the truth.
La statue montre Lincoln, un poing fermé et l'autre détendu. The statue shows Lincoln with one fist clenched and the other relaxed.
Je prends toujours un bain avant d'aller me coucher. I always take a bath before going to bed.
Le lâche est le premier à lever le poing. The coward is the first to raise his fist.
On a utilisé les mathématiques pour calculer comment avait été formé l'univers immédiatement avant et après le Big Bang. They used math to calculate the shape of the universe immediately before and after the Big Bang.
Le cœur d'un homme est à peu près aussi grand que son poing. A man's heart is about as large as his fist.
Mademoiselle Baker savait que le jeune homme devrait partir très bientôt, elle décida alors de lui demander de bouger un peu sa voiture, afin qu'elle puisse garer la sienne à une bonne place pour la nuit avant d'aller se coucher. Miss Baker knew that the young man would have to leave very soon, so she decided to ask him to move his car a bit, so that she could park hers in the proper place for the night before going to bed.
Christophe Colomb était connu pour arrêter habituellement son réveille-matin d'un puissant coup de poing. Malheureusement, en ce temps là, son réveille-matin était son Second. Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.
On entend les avions longtemps avant de les voir. Airplanes are audible long before they are visible.
Les roues arrière de ce tracteur ont des roulements à bille de la taille de mon poing. The back wheels on that tractor have ball bearings the size of my fist.
N'oubliez pas d'apposer un timbre sur la lettre avant de l'envoyer, je vous prie. Please don't forget to put a stamp on the letter before mailing it.
Il m'a frappé au visage avec son poing. He struck me in the face with his fist.
Elle est morte avant d'avoir atteint sa majorité. She died before coming of age.
Une dispute éclata dans l'enceinte du hall de la convention, et les coups de poing se mirent immédiatement à pleuvoir. An argument broke out on the floor of the convention hall and in no time fists were flying.
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