the seeds
Les graines, il les sème pas, il les jette !
He doesn't sow the seeds, he throws them away!
— Jean de Florette (1986)
Tom a planté les graines.
Tom planted the seeds.
Ce sont les graines de l'an prochain, ça.
These are next year's seeds.
Sa spécialité est de semer les graines de la discorde.
His specialty is sowing the seeds of discord.