Sentence examples of "terre" in French with translation "world"

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Les anciens croyaient que la terre était plate. The ancients conceived of the world as flat.
D'après la Bible, Dieu créa la Terre en six jours. According to the Bible, God made the world in six days.
Il est le plus grand scientifique que la Terre ait portée. He is the greatest scientist that the world has ever produced.
Le nez de Cléopâtre, s'il eût été plus court, toute la face de la terre aurait changé. If Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed.
Le mariage, dans la paix, c'est le paradis sur terre ; Dans la lutte, c'est la vie au purgatoire. Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.
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