Usages of la panne
Nous n'avons pas pris le train. Il a eu une panne.
We did not take the train. It had a breakdown.
L'ordinateur est en panne. Je ne l'ai pas utilisé.
The computer is broken. I did not use it.
La machine est en panne, par conséquent nous arrêtons la production.
The machine is broken, consequently we are stopping the production.
J'allais retirer de l'argent, mais le distributeur est en panne.
I was going to withdraw money, but the ATM is out of order.
Le réceptionniste allait tester l'ordinateur, mais il y a une panne.
The receptionist was going to test the computer, but there is a breakdown.
Pendant la panne du disque dur, j'ai failli m'évanouir !
During the hard drive failure, I almost fainted !
Tu aurais dû redémarrer l'ordinateur avant la panne !
You should have restarted the computer before the outage !
Le transporteur organisait le transit quand le camion est tombé en panne.
The carrier was organizing the transit when the truck broke down.
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