Usage examples of "en file indienne" in French with translation to English

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Une longue file de chameaux se déplaçait vers l'ouest. A long train of camels was moving to the west.
La cuisine taïwanaise est moins épicée que la cuisine indienne. Taiwanese food is milder than Indian food.
L'argent liquide file vite. Money on hand goes away.
Muiriel est une Indienne. Muiriel is an Indian.
Nous sommes restés coincés dans une file, ce qui nous a causé vingt minutes de retard. We got stuck in a traffic jam, which made us twenty minutes late.
Muiriel est indienne. Muiriel is an Indian.
Le temps file comme une flèche ; un fruit s'effiloche comme une banane. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
Cette dame est indienne. This lady is Indian.
J'étais en retard pour la réunion à cause d'une file. I was late for the meeting because of a traffic jam.
Le temps file et n'attend personne. Time flies and does not wait for no one.
Il se tenait au bout de la file. He stood at the end of the line.
Le temps file comme une flèche. Time flies like an arrow.
Le trafic était très important. Les voitures étaient à la file pare-chocs contre pare-chocs. The traffic was very heavy. The cars were lined up bumper to bumper.
Ne file pas du concert ! Don't sneak out of the concert!
Ma chérie, si la nourriture n'est pas prête pour sept heures, je file au restaurant. My love, if the food isn't ready by seven o'clock, I'm going to go to the restaurant.
La locomotive tractait une longue file de wagons de marchandises. The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
Quand tu changes de file, regarde par-dessus ton épaule et vérifie ton angle mort. When changing lanes look over your shoulder and check your blind spot.
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