Usage examples of "étagère du bas" in French with translation to English

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Elle appela du bas des escaliers pour savoir ce que c'était que ce bruit. She called down from upstairs to ask what the noise was about.
Pose le livre sur l'étagère du bas. Put the book on the bottom shelf.
C'est très bas. It's very low.
Il lui a confectionné une étagère. He made her a bookshelf.
Sarah était au plus bas pendant plusieurs semaines après le décès de sa mère. Sarah was at a low ebb for several weeks after her mother died.
Il s'est cogné la tête contre une étagère et s'est fait un gros hématome. He banged his head against a shelf and got a big lump.
Lorsque les vaches volent haut et les boeufs volent bas, c'est qu'il y a probablement une tornade. When the cow flies high and the ox flies low, there probably is a twister.
Mon père a fait une étagère pour moi. My father made a shelf for me.
Les rameaux qui en donnent le plus sont ceux qui pendent le plus vers le bas. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
John a construit une étagère. John built a bookcase.
Quand le soleil de la culture est bas, même les nains projettent de longues ombres. When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs will cast long shadows.
Vous avez trop de livres sur cette étagère. You have too many books on the shelf.
Achète bas, vends haut ! Buy low, sell high.
Keiko a acheté une nouvelle étagère, où elle met ses poupées. Keiko bought a new shelf, on which she put her dolls.
La compagnie exploitait ses travailleurs en leur payant un salaire très bas. The company exploited its workers with low pay.
J'ai remis le livre sur son étagère. I returned the book to its shelf.
Il y a plus de crédits bancaires grâce à des taux d'intérêts plus bas. Bank lending is rising because of lower interest rates.
Les étrangers ont tendance à trouver les plafonds japonnais plutôt bas. In Japan the ceilings are quite low for foreigners.
Le prix est bas mais la qualité est médiocre. The price is low, but the quality isn't very good.
Bas les armes ! Put down your weapons!
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