Sentence examples of "cordons" in French

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C'est ma femme qui tient les cordons de la bourse dans notre famille. My wife holds the purse strings in our family.

Prête-moi quelque chose pour couper cette corde. Lend me something with which to cut the string.

Je pense que cette lampe a un court-circuit parce que la lumière n'apparait que si je secoue le cordon. I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.

J'ai cassé une corde de ma guitare. I broke a string on my guitar

Quelqu'un a coupé la corde de mon cerf-volant. Someone has cut my kite string.

Oh, non. J'ai cassé une corde de ma raquette. Oh, no. I broke a string in my racket.

Elle était allongée sur le sol, étranglée avec la corde d'une harpe. She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.

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