Sentence examples of "straightening up" in English
Tom spent most of the morning straightening up his office.
Tom a passé une grosse partie de la matinée à ranger son bureau.
"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
"-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?" "-Non, je l'ignore", répondis-je au détective. Tout en regardant par la fenêtre, il lança : "-Hé, sais-tu quel genre d'arbre il vient de rompre ?" "-Hum, on dirait un Cephalotaxus", dit la voix d'une jeune femme. Après s'être redressé sur son siège, le détective me demanda à nouveau : "-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?"
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