Sentence examples of "puits" in French

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Le puits est à sec. The well is dry.
Le chat est dans le puits. The cat is in the well.
L'eau de ce puits est potable. The water of this well is good to drink.
Le puits produit une grande quantité de pétrole. The well delivers a great deal of oil.
Le puits de pétrole a été mis à sec. This oil well has been sucked dry.
On trouve difficilement la vérité au fond d'un puits. Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well.
Il n'y a pas d'eau dans le puits. There is no water in the well.
Une grenouille dans un puits n'a pas conscience de l'océan. A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
Un puits est un lieu où on peut avoir de l'eau. A well is a place where you can get water.
Les campeurs étaient à court d'eau parce que leur puits s'était asséché. The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Nous n'éprouvons jamais la valeur de l'eau jusqu'à ce que le puits tarisse. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
L'homme était un puits de savoir. The man was a fountain of knowledge.
On a seulement commencé à exploiter ces puits de pétrole. These oil fields have only begun to be tapped.
Le démon se saisit de ma sœur et la jeta dans un puits sans fond, avec un ricanement. The demon grabbed my sister and, with howling laughter, cast her into a bottomless pit.
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