Usage examples of "banc de sable" in French with translation to English

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Tom et Mary s'apprêtaient à plonger, du bord gauche de la phrase, dans l'infini corpus, lorsqu'ils virent au-dessous un banc de contributeurs affamés, les dents dehors, prêts à leur sauter dessus et à déchiqueter leurs fautes jusqu'à la dernière. Tom and Mary were on the verge of diving, off the left edge of the sentence, in the infinite corpus, when they spotted underneath a shoal of hungry contributors, teeth out, ready to jump on them and shred their mistakes down to the last one.
Nous avons fait un château de sable. We made a sand castle.
Le verre est fait à partir de sable. Glass is made from sand.
Les enfants construisirent un château de sable sur la plage. The children built a sand castle on the beach.
Le marchand de sable est passé The sandman is here
Le sable sec absorbe l'eau. Dry sand absorbs water.
Meg et Ken se sont assis sur le banc. Meg and Ken sat on the bench.
À perte de vue, il n'y avait rien d'autre que du sable. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.
Il y a un banc sous l'arbre. There is a bench under the tree.
Votre projet est pareil à une maison qui serait construite sur du sable. Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
Il y a un banc devant la gare. There is a bench in front of the train station.
Il se cache la tête dans le sable, comme une autruche. He hides his head in the sand, like an ostrich.
Les deux hommes assis sur le banc étaient américains. The two men sitting on the bench were Americans.
À perte de vue, on ne peut rien voir d 'autre que du sable. As far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen but sand.
Où est le banc le plus proche ? Where is the nearest bench?
Les garçons sont encore en train de jouer dans le bac à sable. The boys are still playing in the sandbox.
Asseyons-nous sur le banc. Let's sit on the bench.
Liberté. Sur mes cahiers d'écolier. Sur mon pupitre et les arbres. Sur le sable de neige. J'écris ton nom. Freedom. On my school notebooks. On my school desk and the trees. On the sand of the snow. I write your name.
Tout au long du banc sont disposés des livres de cantiques à intervalles réguliers. Along the whole length of the pew hymnals are placed at regular intervals.
Celui qui se fourre la tête dans le sable aujourd'hui, grincera des dents, demain. He who buries his head in the sand today will grind his teeth tomorrow.
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