Sentence examples of "mirent sur pied" in French

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Certains groupes religieux mirent sur pied de gigantesques navires générationnels qui voyageaient en direction d'étoiles éloignées, à de nombreuses années du système solaire. Some religious groups set up gigantic generational ships that travelled many years away from the Solar System to distant stars.
Ils mirent sur écoute les lignes téléphoniques des terroristes. They tapped the terrorists' phone lines.
Cet homme n'a même pas pris la peine de s'excuser de m'avoir marché sur le pied. The man did not so much as apologize for stepping on my foot.
L'armée était sur le pied de guerre. The army was on the warpath.
Quelqu'un lui a marché sur le pied. Somebody stepped on his foot.
Peux-tu te tenir debout sur un seul pied en fermant les yeux pendant une minute ? Can you keep standing on one of your legs with closed eyes for a minute?
Il met la richesse sur le même pied que le bonheur. He equates wealth with happiness.
Tout à coup les bombes ennemies se mirent à pleuvoir sur nous. All of a sudden, the enemy bombs came down on us like rain.
Nous jouîmes sur le mauvais pied. We got off on the wrong foot.
Nous démarrâmes sur le mauvais pied. We got off on the wrong foot.
J'étais sur le point d'acheter une nouvelle table mais mon mari a réparé le pied cassé. I was going to buy a new table, but my husband fixed the broken leg.
Peut-être que mon petit-enfant sera la première personne à poser le pied sur Mars. Maybe my grandchild will be the first person to set foot on Mars.
Il mit le pied sur l'échelle. He put his foot on the ladder.
Il portait constamment son poids d'un pied sur l'autre. He kept shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
Peut-être mon petit-enfant sera-t-il la première personne à poser le pied sur Mars. Maybe my grandchild will be the first person to set foot on Mars.
On peut s'y rendre à pied. It's within walking distance.
Ils se mirent à rire tous ensemble. All at once they began to laugh.
On devra prendre un soin spécial sur ce point. Special care should be taken on this point.
Il m'a collé un coup de pied dans les roubignoles. He kicked me in the balls.
Sitôt leur réunion terminée, ils se mirent au travail. As soon as their meeting was over, they set to work.
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