Sentence examples of "chiffon sec" in French

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Ma mère utilise la vieille chemise de mon père comme chiffon à poussières. My mother uses my father's old short as a dust rag.
C'est sec comme la poussière. It's dry as dust.
Le sable sec absorbe l'eau. Dry sand absorbs water.
Il fait très humide ici en été, de l'autre côté, il fait très sec en hiver. It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
Il est à sec. He is out of pocket.
Voulez-vous un nettoyage à sec ou un nettoyage normal ? Do you want dry cleaning or regular wash?
Bois sec brûle bien. Dry wood burns well.
Il fait très sec. It's very dry.
Le puits de pétrole a été mis à sec. This oil well has been sucked dry.
C'est très sec. It's very dry.
Le puits est à sec. The well is dry.
Le bois sec brûle vite. Dry wood burns quickly.
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