mines in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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mine PRON In French, pronouns reflect the gender and number of the noun they are standing for. So mine is translated by le mien, la mienne, les miens, les miennes, according to what is being referred to: the blue car is mine = la voiture bleue est la mienne; his children are older than mine = ses enfants sont plus âgés que les miens.
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his car is red but mine is blue
sa voiture est rouge mais la mienne est bleue
the green pen is mine
le stylo vert est le mien
which glass is mine?
lequel (de ces verres) est le mien?
which glass is mine?
mon verre c'est lequel? inf
mine's a whisky inf
un whisky pour moi
she's a friend of mine
c'est une amie à moi
he's no friend of mine!
ce n'est pas un ami à moi!
it's not mine
ce n'est pas à moi
the book isn't mine to lend you
je ne peux pas te prêter ce livre, il n'est pas à moi
mine is not an easy task form
ma tâche n'est pas facile
that brother of mine (gen)
mon frère
that brother of mine pej
mon imbécile de frère inf

I.mine2 [Brit mʌɪn, Am maɪn] N

II.mine2 [Brit mʌɪn, Am maɪn] VB trans

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III.mine2 [Brit mʌɪn, Am maɪn] VB intr

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salt mine [ˈsɔːltmaɪn] N MIN

I.mine out VB [Brit mʌɪn -, Am maɪn -] (mine out [sth], mine [sth] out)

mines in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mines in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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mine1 [maɪn] poss pron (belonging to me)

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See also hers

hers [hɜ:z, Am hɜ:rz] poss pron (belonging to her)

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Translations for mines in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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mines Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

they're not his glasses, they're mine
ce ne sont pas ses lunettes, ce sont les miennes
this glass is mine
ce verre est à moi
a colleague of mine
un de mes collègues
a mine of information
une mine d'informations
to mine a rich seam of sth
exploiter le filon de qc
to clear an area of mines
déminer une zone
he pressed his leg against mine
il a pressé sa jambe contre la mienne
a friend of mine/theirs
l'un de mes/leurs amis
a friend of mine/theirs
un de mes/leurs amis
the gap between your house and mine
espacement entre ta maison et la mienne
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A fifth of each ton extracted from these mines was crown property, the rest being divided among claim owners, contractors and public administrators.
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Coal is produced from four underground and 21 opencast mines.
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The power station supplied electricity for the gold mines in kuchi but had overcapacity.
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The regional government would have also had rights to the region's natural resources, including royalties from the various mines in the region.
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New guilds were formed, manufactures were built, mines were opened, glassworks and forges were built.
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It roosts alone or in small groups, preferring damp caves, mines, or rock crevices.
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Within ten years the profits from the mines began to shrink and in 1921 a mass exodus occurred.
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Stores that sold to miners closed, as did those that supported the mines directly.
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It grew up around the locality of lead mines and limestone quarries.
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The town's mines yielded rich gold which was easily extracted at first.
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