Sentence examples of "au pied de la lettre" in French

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Ne prends pas ses remarques trop au pied de la lettre. Don't take his remarks too literally.
Au pied de la colline se trouve un très joli lac. At the foot of the hill is a beautiful lake.
Il y a un vieux château au pied de la montagne. There is an old castle at the foot of the mountain.
Il y a une école au pied de la montagne. There is a school down the mountain.
La ville se dresse au pied de la montagne. The city is at the foot of the mountain.
La ferme est bâtie au pied de la colline. The farm is built at the bottom of the hill.
Vous voyez un bâtiment blanc au pied de la colline. You see a white building at the foot of the hill.
Nous nous dirigeâmes vers un étang au pied de la colline. We made for a pond at the foot of the hill.
Le tourisme noir consiste à prendre son pied de la pauvreté et de la misère du monde. Dark tourism consists in getting kicks from the world's poverty and misery.
Le contenu de la lettre était secret. The contents of the letter were secret.
Tard dans la soirée nous trouvâmes enfin notre chemin jusqu'au pied de la montagne. Late in the evening we found our way to the foot of the mountain at last.
Je lui ai demandé de faire quatre copies de la lettre. I asked her to make four copies of the letter.
Ma maison est à seulement cinq minutes à pied de la gare. My house is only five minutes' walk from the station.
Ma maison est à 10 minutes à pied de la gare. My house is ten minutes' walk from the station.
Je suis venu à pied de la station. I walked from the station.
L'armée était sur le pied de guerre. The army was on the warpath.
Sa maison est au pied d'une montagne. Her house is at the foot of a mountain.
Pensez à poster la lettre sur le chemin de l'école. Remember to mail the letter on your way to school.
« Est-ce de l'arabe ? » « Non, c'est du ouïghour — une langue parlée dans le Nord-Ouest de la Chine. » "Is this Arabic?" "No, it's Uyghur - a language that's spoken in northwestern China."
La célèbre empreinte de pied de Neil Armstrong est encore exactement là où il l'a laissée. Neil Armstrong's famous footprint is still right where he left it.
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