Sentence examples of "lamps" in English

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Do you sell desk lamps here? Vendez-vous des lampes de bureau ici ?

I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes.

Edison invented the electric lamp. Edison inventa la lampe électrique.

I bought an old lamp. J'ai acheté une vieille lampe.

Not every lamp is magic. Toutes les lampes ne sont pas merveilleuses.

I must replace that fluorescent lamp. Je dois changer cette lampe fluorescente.

The lamp is hanging from the ceiling. La lampe pend du plafond.

He hung a lamp from the ceiling. Il accrocha une lampe au plafond.

I do not like a big desk lamp. Je n'aime pas les grosses lampes de bureau.

I turned off the lamp and went to sleep. J'éteignis la lampe et allai dormir.

The light of the lamp glimmered in the fog. La lumière d'une lampe luisit dans le brouillard.

The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree. La lampe était suspendue à la branche d'un arbre.

A man without patience is like a lamp without oil. L'homme sans patience, c'est comme une lampe sans huile.

The miner asked the lamp spirit for a happy life. Le mineur a demandé au génie de la lampe une vie heureuse.

Quick, turn off the lamp, I want to hide in the darkness. Vite soufflons la lampe, afin de nous cacher dans les ténèbres!

Touch the base of the lamp once to turn it on and twice to turn it off. Touche la base de la lampe une fois pour l'allumer et deux fois pour l'éteindre.

I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord. Je pense que cette lampe a un court-circuit parce que la lumière n'apparait que si je secoue le cordon.

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