Sentence examples of "faire sonner" in French

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Règle l'heure pour faire sonner le réveil. Set the time on the alarm.

Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.

Lorsque je les ai vus sortir ensemble, je leur ai demandé, "Est-ce que j'entends sonner les cloches du mariage?". When I saw them on a date, I asked them, "Do I hear wedding bells?"

Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.

Je venais de me mettre au lit quand le téléphone commença à sonner. I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.

Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?

Dès qu'elle l'entendit sonner, elle décrocha le téléphone. As soon as she heard the bell ring, she answered the telephone.

N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?

Le téléphone était juste en train de sonner, non ? The telephone was just ringing, wasn't it?

Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?

Pourquoi ne pas la sonner maintenant ? Why not ring her up now?

Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.

À ce moment, j'ai entendu le téléphone sonner. Just then, I heard the telephone ring.

Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.

J'ai entendu le téléphone sonner. I heard the telephone ringing.

J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.

La cloche est en train de sonner. The bell is ringing.

Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.

On a écouté la cloche sonner. We listened to the bell ring.

Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.

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