Sentence examples of "feu de paille" in French

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N'est-ce pas un simple feu de paille ? Isn't that just a brush fire?
Je suis très attaché à ce vieux chapeau de paille. I am very much attached to this old straw hat.
Les enfants chantent autour du feu de camp. The children are singing around the camp fire.
À Hokkaido, ils font des chevaux de paille. In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
N'est-ce pas un simple feu de brousse ? Isn't that just a brush fire?
Un homme de paille vaut une femme en or. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
Un petit feu de forêt peut facilement se répandre et rapidement devenir un grand incendie. A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.
N'est-ce pas un simple feu de prairie ? Isn't that just a prairie fire?
Il fait feu de tout bois. He turns everything to good account.
Un feu de forêt se déclara dans cette zone. A forest fire broke out in this area.
Les maisons japonaises sont faites en bois et prennent feu rapidement. Japanese houses are built of wood and they catch fire easily.
Comment vas-tu ? Ça fait une paille que je ne t'ai pas vu ! How are you doing? I haven't seen you in ages!
Le pompier a mis presque deux heures pour éteindre le feu. It took the fireman almost two hours to put out the fire.
Durant le premier mois suivant l'accident, elle ne pouvait que boire des liquides à la paille. For the first month after the accident she could only drink liquids through a straw.
Il attisa le feu. He fanned the fire into flame.
Ça fait une paille. Long time, no see.
Retire la poêle du feu. Take the pan off the fire.
Bah ! Ça fait une paille. Wow! It's been a long time.
Les soldats disposaient d'armes d'une puissance de feu supérieure. The soldiers had more powerful weapons.
C'est la paille et la poutre It's the pot calling the kettle black
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