exactly, right, battery, pile, stack
Elle a explosé pile au moment voulu.
It exploded at exactly the right moment.
— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)
Pile sous la Vierge et elle le protège même pas.
Right under the Virgin Mary statue and she doesn't even protect him.
— Carandiru (2003)
It's exactly five o'clock.
Il est pile neuf heures à ma montre.
It's exactly nine o'clock on my watch.
Right on cue.
Il met le sac sur la pile maintenant.
He puts the bag on the pile now.
Ça a fait un court-circuit et la pile lui brûlait le ventre.
It caused a short circuit and the battery was burning his stomach.
— Blow Out (1981)
Il a une grosse pile de ces photos dans sa poche.
He has a large stack of these photos in his pocket.
— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)