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la cloche |
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| bell (f) | |
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La cloche sonna.
The bell rang. |
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Je fis sonner la cloche.
I rang the bell. |
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La cloche a-t-elle sonné ?
Has the bell rung? |
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La cloche sonne à 8 heures.
The bell rings at eight. |
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On a écouté la cloche sonner.
We listened to the bell ring. |
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La cloche sonne à huit heures.
The bell rings at eight. |
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La cloche n'a pas encore sonné.
The bell has not rung yet. |
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La cloche est en train de sonner.
The bell is ringing. |
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Personne n'entendit la cloche sonner.
Nobody heard the bell ring. |
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Personne n'a entendu la cloche sonner.
Nobody heard the bell ring. |
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Ce fut le son de la cloche qui l'éveilla.
It was the sound of the bell which awoke him. |
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Fais sonner la cloche dès que tu me veux.
Ring the bell when you want me. |
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Il est arrivé après que la cloche a sonné.
He arrived after the bell rang. |
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Il entra et, au même moment, la cloche sonna.
He came in, and at the same time the bell rang. |
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Dès que la cloche a sonné nous nous sommes levés.
As soon as the bell rang, we got up. |
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Je courus à l'école, mais la cloche avait déjà retenti.
I ran to school, but the bell had already rung. |
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Lorsque la cloche retentit, l'instituteur termina le cours.
When the bell rang, the teacher ended the class. |
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L'instituteur ajourna son cours lorsque la cloche retentit.
The teacher dismissed his class when the bell rang. |
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C'est la cloche. Les élèves amassés autour de l'entrée pressent le pas tous ensemble.
It's the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

