Sentence examples of "à la queue leu-leu" in French

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Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
Il était assez fort pour aider son père à la ferme. He was strong enough to help his father on the farm.
Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue. Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
Hier, je l'ai croisée à la gare. Yesterday I ran across her at the station.
Au cimetière, est dressée une statue d'un serpent qui se mord la queue. In the cemetery, there is a statue of a snake biting its own tail.
Il tenait les envahisseurs à distance à la mitrailleuse. He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.
Les chiens remuent la queue et les chats fouettent la leur. Dogs wag their tails and cats swish theirs.
Dois-je me rendre à la fête ? Do I have to go to the party?
Il vaut mieux être la tête d'un chien que la queue d'un lion. Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
Tom ne croit pas à la vie après la mort. Tom doesn't believe in life after death.
L'Amérique est un gros chien amical dans une toute petite pièce. Chaque fois qu'il remue la queue, il fait tomber une chaise. America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
La première fois que tu rencontres une personne, tu devrais être attentif à la proximité avec laquelle tu te tiens par rapport à elle. The first time you meet people, you should be careful about how near you stand to them.
Lorsque le têtard croît, la queue disparaît et les pattes commencent à se former. As a tadpole grows, the tail disappears and legs begin to form.
Ne touche pas à la peinture fraîche. Don't touch the wet paint.
Le chien suivit son maître en agitant la queue. The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.
Il parle avec une pipe à la bouche. He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.
Il faut que vous fassiez la queue. You have to wait in line.
L'air et l'eau sont indispensables à la vie. Both air and water are indispensable for life.
Durant cette période, il y avait un moyen pour entrer dans le pavillon français sans avoir besoin de faire la queue : il fallait aller manger les produits à l'intérieur, mais c'était vraiment trop cher. During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.
Je te verrai à la gare demain. I'll meet you down at the station tomorrow.
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