Sentence examples of "canne souple" in French
Je ne suis pas assez souple pour m'asseoir dans la position du lotus.
I'm not flexible enough to sit in the lotus position.
Une petite vieille a déjoué le cambriolage en donnant un grand coup sur la tête du voleur avec sa canne.
A little, old woman foiled the robbery by whacking the thief on the head with her cane.
À Singapour, une façon de punir les criminels est de les fouetter, ou de les frapper plusieurs fois avec une canne, sur le dos.
In Singapore, a way to punish criminals is to whip them, or hit them several strokes with a cane, on their backs.
Combien de gens ont un habit de cent francs, un diamant à la pomme de leur canne, et dînent à vingt-cinq sous ! Il semble que nous n'achetions jamais assez chèrement les plaisirs de la vanité.
How many men are there that wear a coat that cost a hundred francs, and carry a diamond in the head of their cane, and dine for twenty-five SOUS for all that! It seems as though we could never pay enough for the pleasures of vanity.
Je me déplace très bien maintenant avec ma nouvelle canne.
I get along quite well now with my new cane.
La canne sert à annoncer le fait que les mains de celui qui la tient sont employées à autre chose qu'à un effort utile, et elle est donc utile comme preuve d'oisiveté.
The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.
In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.
Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.
Advert