Usage examples of "jouer des coudes" in French with translation to English

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On dit que la Chine joue des coudes dans les mers du Sud. China is said to be playing hardball in the Southern Seas.
Tom aime me jouer des tours. Tom enjoys playing tricks on me.
Il joua des coudes pour se frayer un passage au milieu de la foule He elbowed his way through the crowd.
Arrête de me jouer des tours ! Stop playing pranks on me!
Il aime être juste assis là à jouer à des jeux vidéo. He likes to just sit around and play video games all day.
«Je deviens trop grand pour jouer avec des insectes», dit le garçon. "I'm getting too old to be playing with bugs", said the boy.
Ne laissez pas les enfants jouer avec des couteaux. Don't let the kid play with knives.
Ma fille aime jouer avec des poupées. My daughter likes to play with dolls.
"Je suis trop vieux pour jouer avec des insectes", dit le garçon. "I'm too old to be playing with bugs", said the boy.
«Je suis trop grand pour jouer avec des insectes», dit le garçon. "I'm too old to be playing with bugs", said the boy.
Elle a appris à son enfant à ne jamais jouer avec des allumettes. She taught the child never to play with matches.
Je n'ai jamais vu quelqu'un capable de jouer au basket en lisant seulement des livres, il en va de même pour les langues étrangères. I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well.
Le premier que je prends en train de jouer à un jeu vidéo, de parler sur QQ, de lire des articles sur Kaixin, il prend la porte. C'est une salle de classe, pas un cyber-café. The first person that I see playing a video game, chatting on QQ, or reading articles on Kaixin is shown the door. This is a classroom, not a cybercafé.
Jouer, tel que faire une boule de papier ou mettre en morceaux, aide à développer la créativité des enfants. Playing, such as crumpling paper into a ball or tearing into pieces, helps develop children's creativity.
Où que tu regardes, tu peux voir des enfants jouer. Everywhere you look you can see children playing.
Où que vous regardiez, vous pouvez voir des enfants jouer. Everywhere you look you can see children playing.
Cet enfant veut des amis avec lesquels jouer. That child wants some friends to play with.
Nancy posa ses coudes sur les genoux. Nancy put her elbows on her knees.
Ce magazine est à destination des adolescents. That magazine is aimed at teenagers.
Nous sommes allés dans le parc, pour jouer. We went to the park to play.
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