Sentence examples of "Cannes" in French
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.
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.
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