Sentence examples of "coupes" in French

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Je voudrais que tu me coupes les cheveux. I'd like you to cut my hair.
Il serait temps que tu te coupes les cheveux. It's about time you got a haircut.
Nombreux sont ceux qui craignent que des coupes dans le budget de la défense ne minent l'efficacité des militaires. Many fear that cuts in the defense budget will undermine the military's effectiveness.
Le diamant coupe le diamant. Diamond cuts diamond.
Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Ils se sont moqués de la coupe de cheveux de Jack. They made fun of Jack's haircut.
On leur coupe la tête. We're chopping off their head.
Veuillez couper une tranche de pain pour moi. Please slice a loaf of bread for me.
Elle lui fit couper du bois. She set him to chopping wood.
Deux hommes ont eu leurs bras coupés à Taiwan dans un accident de souque à la corde. Two men had their arms severed in Taiwan after a tug-of-war accident.
Couper les ailes d'un oiseau semble une chose cruelle. It seems a cruel thing to clip a bird's wings.
Je les soupçonne de couper la bière avec de l'eau dans ce bistro. I suspect they water down the beer in that pub.
Coupe la tarte en parts. Cut the pie into slices.
Les Pays-Bas ont gagné la Coupe du Monde 2010. The Netherlands have won the 2010 World Cup.
Tu n'as pas besoin d'une coupe de cheveux cette semaine. You don't need to get a haircut this week.
À vrai dire, je voulais être une damoiselle, dans une tour gardée par sept dragons, et alors un prince sur un cheval blanc aurait coupé la tête des dragons et m'aurait délivrée. Actually I wanted to be a damsel in a tower guarded by seven dragons, and then a prince on a white horse would chop off the dragons' heads and liberate me.
Coupe une tranche de pain pour moi, s'il te plait. Please slice a loaf of bread for me.
Il a coupé la branche avec une hache. He chopped down the branch with an ax.
Il a coupé ce cerisier. He cut down that cherry tree.
Beaucoup de choses se passent, de la coupe aux lèvres. Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
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