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on entend

can hear

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phrase Uncommon #10,806
can hear Uses the impersonal subject on to mean that something is heard or audible.
FR: On entend les oiseaux le matin.
EN: You can hear the birds in the morning.

Dans le calme de la nuit, on entend le ruisseau couler.

In the stillness of the night, you can hear the stream flowing.

Ce n'est pas une phrase qu'on entend tous les jours.

That's not something you hear every day.

On entend des explosions.

Explosions can be heard.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

On entend un arbre qui tombe mais pas la forêt qui pousse.

We hear a tree falling but not the forest growing.

Là on entend.

Now we can hear.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

On entend aussi sa voix !

We can hear his voice too!

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

On entend que vous vous amusez bien.

We hear that you’re having a good time.

Par un temps pareil, on entend mieux qu'on voit.

In weather like this, you can hear better than you can see.

— Le Bateau (1981)

Ce sont des tirs allemands qu'on entend ?

Is that German gunfire we're hearing?

— La Chute (2004)

On entend maintenant de nombreux coups de feu.

Many gunshots can now be heard.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

Quand on lit ses phrases on entend son accent.

When you read his sentences you hear his accent.

Le plastique, on entend rien.

The plastic is so noisy you can't hear anything.

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

On entend la cloche de l'église d'ici.

You can hear the church bell from here.

On entend un chant de Noël.

A Christmas carol can be heard.

— Le Patient anglais (1996)

On entend beaucoup dire, ces temps-ci, que Dumbledore est trop vieux.

These days, you often hear people saying that Dumbledore is too old.

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

On entend tout dans la maison.

You can hear everything in the house.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

Si on crie du haut d'une falaise, on entend l'écho de sa voix.

If you shout from the top of a cliff, you can hear the echo of your voice.

On entend par les oreilles.

We hear through our ears.

Plus on vieillit, plus on entend dire des choses.

The older we get, the more we hear things said.

On entend le bruit du train pendant la nuit.

We hear the noise of the train during the night.

C'est la lutte qu'on entend.

It’s the struggle that we hear.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

On entend des coups.

We hear knocking sounds.

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

J'ai essayé, on entend seulement des bruits.

I tried, but all you can hear is noise.

— Amours chiennes (2000)

On entend tout.

We hear everything.

Quand c'est calme, on entend les arbres parler.

When it's quiet, you can hear the trees talking.

On entend plus rien.

We can't hear anything anymore.

— Battle Royale (2000)

Il n'y a pas de consensus sur ce que l'on entend par conscience.

There is no consensus on what is meant by consciousness.

On entend les avions longtemps avant de les voir.

You hear planes long before you see them.