Usages of casser
Je n'ai pas utilisé l'ordinateur. Mon frère l'a cassé.
I did not use the computer. My brother broke it.
Le garçon n'a pas cassé cette fenêtre.
The boy did not break this window.
On jouait avec le ballon, mais j'ai cassé une fenêtre.
We were playing with the ball, but I broke a window.
Si tu chauffes l'argile trop vite, elle cassera.
If you heat the clay too fast, it will break.
Si la température est parfaite, la poterie délicate ne cassera pas.
If the temperature is perfect, the delicate pottery will not break.
Je lui demande de ne pas nettoyer le terrarium, pour ne pas casser la vitre.
I ask him not to clean the terrarium, so as not to break the glass.
Si je n'étais pas maladroit, je n'aurais pas cassé ce vase.
If I weren't clumsy, I wouldn't have broken this vase.
Je prends le verre de peur que le bébé le casse.
I am taking the glass for fear that the baby might break it.
Elle a une infection pour avoir gardé cette dent cassée.
She has an infection for having kept this broken tooth.
Il a dû se faire soigner pour avoir cassé sa dent.
He had to get treated for having broken his tooth.
Il a cassé sa queue de billard, si bien qu'il ne joue plus.
He broke his pool cue, so much so that he no longer plays.
Ce qui est cassé, c'est la pédale.
What is broken is the pedal.
L'automate à la cape rouge finit par casser.
The automaton with the red cape ends up breaking.
Le micro coûte cher, baissez le volume de crainte de le casser.
The microphone is expensive, lower the volume for fear of breaking it.
Il est annoncé que la porte est cassée.
It is announced that the door is broken.
Il a déplacé les coffres-forts sans casser les abat-jour.
He moved the safes without breaking the lampshades.
Le sablier de la boîte, lequel est cassé, est petit.
The hourglass of the box, which is broken, is small.
Le roi aura cassé sa lance.
The king must have broken his spear.
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