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

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Elle a les traits raffinés. She has fine features.
Le Japon a de nombreux traits très distinctifs. Japan has many distinctive traits.
La surface tranquille reflétait ses traits comme dans un miroir. The calm surface reflected her features like a mirror.
Tirez un trait sur votre feuille de papier. Draw a line on your paper.
Oh, est-ce que c'est comme ça qu'on trait une vache ? Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?
Il est plus facile que le ciel et la terre passent, qu'il ne l'est qu'un seul trait de lettre de la loi vienne à tomber. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Qui, dans l'arc-en-ciel, peut tirer un trait entre là où finit la teinte violette et où la teinte orange commence ? Nous voyons distinctement la différence entre les couleurs mais où exactement l'une se fond-elle dans l'autre ? Il en va de même de la raison et de la folie. Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with sanity and insanity.
On utilise les pointillés pour le modèle, et les traits continus pour la réalité. We use dashed lines for the model, and continuous lines for the reality.
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