Usage examples of "once upon a time" in English with translation to French

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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. Il était une fois une belle princesse...
Once upon a time there, lived a pretty girl. Il était une fois une belle petite fille.
Once upon a time, there lived an old man. Il était une fois, un vieil homme vivait là.
Once upon a time, there lived a cruel king. Il était une fois un roi cruel.
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess. Il était une fois une belle princesse.
Once upon a time there, lived a great king in Greece. Il était une fois un grand roi qui vivait en Grèce.
Once upon a time there was a chicken, that had a crispbread. Il était une fois un poulet qui avait un pain suédois.
Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village. Il était une fois un vieil homme avare qui vivait au village.
Once upon a time, there lived a poor man and a rich woman. Il était une fois un pauvre vieillard et une femme riche.
Once upon a time there, was a pretty little house way out in the country. Il était une fois une jolie petite maison au fin fond du pays.
Once upon a time they used to travel by a diligence. Autrefois, on voyageait en diligence.
Once upon a time, there lived in a village a little girl called Little Green Hood. Il était une fois, dans un petit village une petite fille qui s'appelait Petit chaperon vert.
While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake. Au cours d'une excursion en montagne, je mâchouillais du pain dur et rassis quand je tombai sur un énorme serpent.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Dans un temps de mensonge universel, dire la vérité est un acte révolutionnaire.
I came upon a friend of mine. Je rencontrai l'un de mes amis.
You can borrow three books at a time. Tu peux emprunter trois livres chaque fois.
The world rests upon an elephant and the elephant rests upon a tortoise. Le monde repose sur un éléphant et l'éléphant repose sur une tortue.
Let's set a time and day and have lunch together! Décidons d'un jour et d'une heure pour déjeuner ensemble.
Upon a pear tree grows a pear. Sur un poirier pousse une poire.
He carried six boxes at a time. Il a porté six boîtes à la fois.
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