You slept so soundly, sir, that I did not like to disturb you; but my good wife only waits your rising to have all ready for breakfast.
The sun broke cheerfully through the small lattice of the caravan, as the youth opened his eyes and saw the good-humoured countenance of his gypsy host bending over him complacently.
Instead of keeping his promise to the valet, he put the money in his pocket; and the fellow returned in a rage, exclaiming that he was un gros cheval de carosse, a great coach-horse.
The artist was biting his nails in desperation, when suddenly he caught the reflection of his perplexed face in a cheval glass--hence Fagin.
Il a changé son cheval borgne contre un aveugle = He has changed for the worse; He has made a bad bargain.
Il est toujours à chevalsur l’étiquette = He is a stickler for etiquette.
Cet argument est son cheval de bataille = That argument is his stronghold; That is his great argument.
Il est aisé d’aller à pied quand on tient son cheval par la bride = It is easy to stoop from state when that state can be resumed at will.
C’est un cheval à l’écurie = It is a white elephant.
Changer Changer son cheval borgne contre un aveugle = To lose in an exchange.
Il n’est si bon cheval qui ne bronche = The best horse may stumble; Accidents will happen.
Il est bon cheval de trompette = He is not easily dismayed.
Mettre un chevalau vert = To send a horse to grass.
Le cheval courait ventre à terre = The horse was running as hard as he could tear.
Un cheval à deux fins = A horse for riding or driving.
And here in this inn, the Cheval Blanc, which has opened its hospitable doors since 1514, we live in an atmosphere of antiquity surrounded by modern comforts.
La Tour made no mistake when he conducted us to the Cheval Blanc, where he himself was received with warm friendliness as well as with great respect by the proprietor.
We have all spent the morning in the most strenuous sightseeing, going to the cathedral first, which is quite near, its apse blocking the street on which the Cheval Blanc stands.
On our way back to the Cheval Blanc, we stopped at the Préfecture whose superbly carved arches and columns are said to date back to the Roman occupation.
I hope that many may continue to skip it," said Walter, "tourists and trippers would ruin this lovely old place and turn this comfortable, homelike Cheval Blanc into a great noisy caravansary.
Profit by his present position to make him sit up on his haunches, and in the position of the 'Cheval Gastronomie.
He strolled across the square towards the Cheval Blanc, the large cafe where the officers went.
Fuselli stood by the fountain smoking a cigarette, looking at the yellow windows of the Cheval Blanc at the other end of the square, from which came a sound of voices and of billiard balls clinking.
Betz did not suffer much from the guns, but some of its houses were burnt by the Germans, notably the Hôtel du Cheval Blanc (see p.
The northern walls of Chartres, under the Romans, ran along the street du Cheval Blanc, where now the houses of the cloister stand.
The adjoining part of the vale of the Durance is called the district of the Cheval Blanc, and, like its namesake, the vale of White Horse in Berks, is celebrated for its fertility.
In the same reign the Cour du Cheval Blanc, including the Chapelle de la Ste Trinite and the Galerie d'Ulysse, destroyed and rebuilt under Louis XV.
More, for by adroit manipulation of a certain lock, with wrench and a pair of tweezers, he readjusted a certain valve hinge in the petrol tank which he had heard Monsieur Cheval grumbling about before.
Here the door of the ward opened, and who should walk in but Blaine himself, with Monsieur Cheval following.
Cheval wore upon his breast a silver medal resembling nothing so much as an ace.
Close to the Cheval Blanc is the Préfecture, and this contains a hidden treasure in the shape of an old cloister, which runs along one side of the court.
In the heart of the town is a very comfortable little inn at the sign of the "Cheval Blanc.
The youth had barely turned the corner when Balzac hastily summoned the members of the "Cheval Rouge.
The society was entitled the "Cheval Rouge," and Balzac was elected chief.
At five o'clock I found myself installed near the head of an immensely long dinner-table in the salle à manger of the Cheval Blanc.
The courtyard immediately adjoins the hotel apartments on the rear and is not entirely free from objectionable odors--our only complaint against the Cheval de Bronze.
Some sixteen miles out of the town we find a splendid hotel at Gerardmer on a beautiful little lake of the same name in the Vosges Forest, where we should no doubt have had quite different service from the Cheval de Bronze.
The Hotel du Cheval de Bronze seems a solid, comfortable old inn and we turn into the courtyard for our nightly stop.
At the Customs, he looked at the Sainte Veronique labels on my boxes as well as at the Cheval d'Or labels on our bags.
I have more than half a mind to pack up at daybreak and to slip stealthily back to Dieppe for my promised week at the Cheval d'Or.
Mademoiselle Cheval had surpassed herself; the repast was magnificent.
And, pushing aside the functionary, who offered to let her stand on his back, Mademoiselle Cheval put her arms about the pole, and worked her hands and knees so vigorously that she ascended at a rapid pace.
At last Mademoiselle Cheval reached the goal; she untied the two volumes and dropped them into the courtyard.
Mademoiselle Cheval coughed, bowed, wiped her forehead, and replied in a hoarse voice: "Pardi!
Mademoiselle Cheval boldly offered to accompany the young man; but he thanked her and bent his steps alone toward the part of the château which was not occupied.
Monsieur Cheval says that he knows how to do everything, and that he could prepare a prescription and a ragoût at the same time; but he couldn't come, because somebody sent for him to go to see a mare with the colic.
The servants were under the balcony; even Mademoiselle Cheval had left her kitchen to enjoy the sports, and especially to find out what was to be done with the greased poles, which aroused her curiosity.
Mademoiselle Cheval had gone to her window; she saw a light in one of the windows of the abandoned tower, whereupon she added her shrieks to Benoît's.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cheval" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
