Sentence examples of "mains" in French

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Aux innocents les mains pleines It's beginner's luck
La décision est entre vos mains. It's for you to decide.
La décision est entre tes mains. It's for you to decide.
Elle tenait son bébé dans ses mains. She held her baby in her arms.
Le pays est aux mains de l'ennemi. The country is in the grasp of the enemy.
Nous sommes des marionnettes aux mains des dieux. We are puppets to the gods.
La dame obèse tenait un singe dans ses mains. The fat woman was holding a monkey.
Nous sommes des marionnettes entre les mains des dieux. We are puppets to the gods.
Le criminel sortit de la maison les mains en l'air. The criminal came out of the house with arms raised.
J'ai un dernier conseil relatif aux poignées de mains : N'oubliez pas de sourire. I have one final piece of advice related to handshakes: Remember to smile.
Lorsque les politiciens donnent l'impression de ne pas avoir la situation en mains, les marchés deviennent nerveux. When politicians give the impression that they don't control the situation, markets get nervous.
À Noël il a fait des pieds et des mains pour m'acheter une maquette d'avion réellement jolie. At Christmas he went out of his way to buy me a really nice model plane.
Maintenant que nous avons à peu près le même niveau, nous pouvons commencer à apprendre quelques morceaux à quatre mains. Now that we have nearly the same level, we can start learning some piano duets.
Les deux livres de Christophe Colomb, "Comment tuer un requin à mains nues pour les nuls" et "Les vingt manières d'étrangler un calmar géant" sont tous deux des best-sellers. Christopher Columbus's "The Idiot's Guide to Killing a Shark Barehanded" and "The Twenty Ways to Strangle a Giant Squid" both went on to become bestsellers.
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