Sentence examples of "être" in French with translation "lie"

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La ville entière était endormie. The whole town lay sleeping.
Le problème est dans le moteur. The trouble lies in the engine.
Cologne est située sur le Rhin. Cologne lies on the Rhine.
Nous sommes allongés dans l'herbe. We lay on the grass.
Il était étendu sur le dos. He lay on his back.
Il était étendu le visage visible. He lay face up.
Elle est couchée ici près de moi. She lies here beside me.
La princesse est allongée, les yeux clos. The princess lay with her eyes closed.
Il est évident que tu as menti. It's obvious that you told a lie.
Je suis fatigué de tous leurs mensonges. I'm fed up with all their lies.
Je me suis allongé sur mon lit. I lay on my bed.
Je me suis allongé pour me reposer. I lay down to rest.
Il est resté éveillé toute la nuit, étendu. He lay awake all night.
Il est évident que vous racontez un mensonge. It's evident that you told a lie.
Hokkaido est situé dans le nord du Japon. Hokkaido lies in the north of Japan.
Je ne suis pas homme à dire des mensonges. I'm above telling lies.
Les morts et les blessés étaient bientôt étendus partout. The dead and wounded soon lay everywhere.
Il était allongé sur le dos sur le lit. He lay on his back on the bed.
Une personne âgée était étendue morte sur la route. An old man lay dead on the road.
Le garçon était allongé en train d'écouter la radio. The boy lay listening to the radio.
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