Usage examples of "surface" in French with translation to English

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Le pâturage a une surface de 10 arpents. The pasture has an area of 10 acres.
L'eau recouvre environ 70% de la surface de la Terre. Water covers about 70% of the earth.
Ce peuple devrait être rayé de la surface de la Terre. That people should be wiped off the face of the Earth.
Je ne suis pas sûr de quand il va faire surface. I'm not sure as to when he will turn up.
La même force appliquée à une surface plus petite produira davantage de pression. The same force spread over a smaller area will produce more pressure.
Mon retour en Afrique du Sud a fait remonter à la surface des souvenirs pénibles. Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him.
La pollution de l'environnement déclencha des changements climatiques sur toute la surface de la Terre. Environmental pollution triggered climatic changes all over Earth.
Au cours de mon travail, je détermine parfois simplement une surface à l'aide d'un mètre à ruban. In my work, I sometimes simply determine an area with a tape measure.
Le Japon est constitué de 4 grandes îles, de plus de 3000 petites îles et a une surface à peu près égale à celle de la Californie. Japan consists of four major islands and over 3,000 small islands, and is about equal to California in area.
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