Sentence examples of "aux enchères" in French

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Les fermiers en cessation de paiements devaient vendre leurs terres aux enchères. Farmers defaulting on loans had to auction off their land.

L'un de ses tableaux atteignit plus d'un million de dollars aux enchères. One of his paintings fetched more than a million dollars at auction.

Au lieu de préparer un dîner aux chandelles, elle a mis son copain aux enchères sur eBay. Instead of preparing a dinner by candlelight, she put her boyfriend up for auction on eBay.

Chérie, vite, vite. Ce site web, Tatoeba, vend ses collections de phrases aux enchères pour un cent chacune ! Ils ont même une offre spéciale du type pour cent achetées on vous en offre une !" "Ah super ! maintenant les gens collectionnent les phrases ! mais où va le monde ?" "Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!"

Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.

Enchères eBay EBay Auctions

Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.

Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.

J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.

Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.

Elle le regarda, le sourire aux lèvres. She looked at him with a smile on her face.

Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.

J'ai ri aux éclats en le voyant. I burst out laughing when I saw him.

Nombreux sont convaincus qu'il est imperméable aux conseils. Many are convinced that he is resistant to advice.

Je préfère les bananes aux pommes. I prefer bananas rather than apples.

Le vieil homme préfère les calèches aux voitures. The old man prefers horse carriages to cars.

Fais gaffe aux voleurs dans le coin. Watch out for thieves around here.

Tom ne fit que jeter un coup d’œil aux gros titres. Tom only glanced at the headlines.

Malheur aux vaincus ! Woe to the vanquished!

Elle trouve toujours à redire aux autres. She is always finding fault with other people.

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