Sentence examples of "comme un livre" in French

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Le monde est comme un livre, ceux qui ne voyagent pas n'en lisent qu'une page. The world is like a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
Je lis au moins un livre tous les mois. I read at least one book every month.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Mon grand-père aime tellement lire qu'il ne se passe pas un jour sans qu'il n'ouvre un livre. My grandfather is so fond of reading that not a day passes in which he doesn't open a book.
Il ment comme un arracheur de dents. He is lying through his teeth.
Hier, j'ai acheté un livre. I bought a book yesterday.
Il sait nager comme un poisson. He is able to swim like a fish.
Je me suis endormi alors que je lisais un livre. While I was reading, I fell asleep.
Il me traite toujours comme un enfant. He always treats me like a child.
Nous lisions un livre qui était très bon. We were reading a book and it was a very good one.
Il fume comme un pompier et boit comme une outre. He smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.
En dehors d'un chien, un livre est le meilleur ami de l'homme. Au dedans d'un chien, il fait trop sombre pour lire. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Dans cette boîte, je me sentais comme un poisson hors de l'eau. I felt like a fish out of water at this firm.
Elle a un livre sous le bras. She has a book under her arm.
Si tu te comportes comme un larbin, on te traite comme un larbin. If you behave like a flunkey, you're treated like a flunkey.
Elle prit un livre au hasard sur l'étagère. She took a book at random from the shelf.
Ils considéraient cet homme comme un danger pour la société. They regarded the man as a danger to society.
Le gosse qui lit un livre est John. The boy reading a book is John.
J'ai donné un tambourin comme un cadeau à mon père. I gave my dad a tambourine as a gift.
Une femme lit un livre à la bibliothèque. A woman is reading a book in the library.
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