Usage examples of "ciseaux arrière" in French with translation to English

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Je peux tracer mes ancêtres deux cents ans en arrière. I can trace my ancestors back 200 years.
Je n'ai rien trouvé d'autre qu'une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Nous ne pouvons revenir en arrière. We can't go back.
Pourquoi as-tu déchiré le tissu, plutôt que de le découper avec des ciseaux ? Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
Les roues arrière de ce tracteur ont des roulements à bille de la taille de mon poing. The back wheels on that tractor have ball bearings the size of my fist.
Tout ce que j'ai trouvé, c'est une paire de ciseaux. All I found is a pair of scissors.
Tom, dix mots en arrière, ne voyait pas bien ce mot-ci. Mary, qui était plus près, le lui décrivit. Tom, back ten words, couldn't see very well this one. Mary, who stood closer, described it to him.
Puis-je emprunter vos ciseaux ? Can I borrow your scissors?
Il la fit virevolter, la prit dans ses bras, la pencha en arrière et lui donna un grand baiser hollywoodien. He spun her around, took her in his arms, dipped her back, and gave her a big Hollywood kiss.
Je n'ai rien trouvé, à part des ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
On ne peut plus retourner en arrière maintenant. There's no turning back now.
Je n'ai rien trouvé, si ce n'est une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Une fois que le changement social commence, on ne peut pas revenir en arrière. On ne peut pas désapprendre à lire à une personne. On ne peut pas humilier une personne qui se sent fière. On ne peut pas opprimer les gens qui n'ont plus peur. Once social change begins it can not be reversed. You can not un-educate the person who has learned to read. You can not humiliate the person who feels pride. You can not oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
Je me demande à qui sont ces ciseaux. I wonder whose these scissors are.
Un retour en arrière est exclu. There is no going back.
J'aimerais savoir quand tu as l'intention de me rendre les ciseaux que je t'ai prêtés. I'd like to know when you plan to give me back the scissors I lent you.
En faisant la lessive, elle trouva une capote dans la poche arrière du pantalon de son fils. While doing the wash she found a condom in the back pocket of her son's pants.
Il y a une paire de ciseaux sur le bureau. There is a pair scissors on the desk.
Elle fit machine arrière au dernier moment. She backed out at the last moment.
Les ciseaux ne coupent pas bien. The scissors are not sharp.
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