Sentence examples of "pierre à aiguiser" in French

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Chacun peut apporter sa pierre à la protection de l'environnement. Anyone can do their bit to protect the environment.
Qui a jeté une pierre à mon chien ? Who threw a stone at my dog?
Pierre distribuait les cartes à tous les joueurs. Pierre dealt cards to all the players.
Puis-je aiguiser mon crayon ? May I sharpen my pencil?
Le bébé fut nommé Pierre, d'après son grand-père. The baby was named Peter after his grandfather.
Madame Smith, j'aimerais vous présenter un de mes amis, Pierre Dubois. Mrs. Smith, I'd like to introduce a friend of mine, Pierre Dubois.
Salut ! Tu es l'ami de Pierre, n'est-ce pas ? Hi! You are Peter's friend, aren't you?
Vue de loin, cette pierre ressemble à un visage humain. Seen from a distance, the stone looks like a human face.
Elle ramassa une pierre. She picked up a stone.
Combien de temps passera-t-elle chez Pierre ? How much time will she spend at Pierre's?
Les maisons de bois brûlent plus facilement que les maisons de pierre. Houses built with wood burn more easily than houses built out of stone.
Il y a une pierre sur le plancher. There's a rock on the floor.
Il resta muet comme une pierre. He remained silent like a stone.
Pierre est sans cesse en train de téléphoner à sa mère. Peter is continually making phone calls to his mother.
Je ne peux pas nager du tout. Je coule comme une pierre. I can no more swim than a stone can.
La pierre est de la matière non-organique. A stone is dead matter.
À distance, cette pierre ressemble à un visage humain. From a distance, that stone looks like a person's face.
Elle a su faire d'une pierre deux coups. She was able to kill two birds with one stone.
Il a un cœur de pierre. He has a heart of stone.
Les hommes préhistoriques étaient habiles à la taille de pierre. Prehistoric men were skilled in knapping.
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