| The French word | |
la ficelle |
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| string, twine, type of bread (f) | |
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Tom attachait la ficelle au cerf-volant.
Tom attached the string to the kite. |
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Tom a attaché une ficelle au cerf-volant.
Tom attached some twine to the kite. |
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Elle lui enseigna les ficelles du métier.
She taught him the tricks of the trade. |
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Elle lui a enseigné les ficelles du métier.
She taught him the tricks of the trade. |
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Thomas connaît toutes les ficelles du métier.
Thomas knows all the tricks of the trade. |
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Agite une ficelle devant le chat pour voir s'il est endormi.
Dangle a string in front of the cat to see whether it's asleep. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

