Usage examples of "corde raide" in French with translation to English

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Elle a osé marcher sur la corde raide sans filet. She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.
Elle était sur la corde raide. She was on the high wire.
Attache la corde à l'arbre. Fasten the rope to the tree.
Le chemin zigzaguait le long de la pente raide. The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
Il s'est accroché à une corde et s'est sauvé tout seul. He caught hold of a rope and saved himself.
Le chemin faisait des zigzags le long de la pente raide. The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
Je me suis fermement tenu à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I held on to the rope tightly so I wouldn't fall.
Elle est raide dingue de lui. She's completely crazy about him.
Donnez assez de corde à un voleur et il se pendra lui-même. Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Lorsque le fermier tombe raide mort de son tracteur, ça veut dire qu'il doit y avoir un réacteur à l'orée du bois. When the farmer drops dead off the tractor, then at the edge of the forest, there must be a reactor.
Cette corde est résistante, n'est-ce pas ? This rope is strong, isn't it?
Elle est bonne à tomber raide. She's drop-dead gorgeous.
Je me suis accrochée à la corde pour ne pas tomber. I grasped the rope so as not to fall.
Whoua ! C'est une côte raide. Mais la descente sera un vrai plaisir. Whew! This is a tough hill. But coming back sure will be a breeze.
La corde n'était pas assez solide pour le soutenir. The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
Nous grimpâmes une pente raide. We climbed the steep slope.
La corde se tendit sous son poids. His weight strained the rope.
Akagi s'est tordu une cheville au cours de l'entraînement aussi avant le match il lui a tapé dessus pour qu'elle soit raide comme une planche. Akagi sprained an ankle during practice so before the game he taped it up until it was stiff as a board.
Il lâcha la corde et tomba dans la rivière. He lost hold of the rope and fell into the river.
Il fixa la pente raide. He stared at the steep slope.
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