Sentence examples of "die off" in English
In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.
En Allemagne, il y a une superstition comme quoi si on allume une cigarette à l'aide d'une chandelle, un marin mourra en mer.
"Whom the gods love die young", was said of yore.
"Ceux que les dieux aiment meurent jeunes", disait-on autrefois.
I had a headache, and I took the day off today.
J'avais mal à la tête et j'ai pris un jour de congé aujourd'hui.
Approach! The time has come... one of us must die.
Approche ! Le moment est venu... l'un de nous doit mourir.
Christopher Columbus once used the same joke 256 times in one day... thereby causing his entire crew to die of laughter.
Christophe Colomb a répété la même blague 256 fois en une seule journée ; tout son équipage en est mort... de rire.
The talisman he's wearing is supposed to ward off evil spirits.
Le talisman qu'il porte est supposé éloigner les mauvais esprits.
Humans are asleep when they live, they wake up when they die.
Les humains sont endormis lorsqu'ils vivent, ils se réveillent lorsqu'ils meurent.
When the farmer drops dead off the tractor, then at the edge of the forest, there must be a reactor.
Lorsque le fermier tombe raide mort de son tracteur, ça veut dire qu'il doit y avoir un réacteur à l'orée du bois.
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