Sentence examples of "bâton de cire" in French

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Il façonna une branche tombée en un bâton de marche. He fashioned a walking stick from a fallen branch.
Cire tes chaussures avant de sortir. Shine your shoes before going out.
Il frappa un ivrogne de son bâton. He beat on a drunken man with his stick.
Le rat a été tué par Tom avec un bâton. The rat was killed by Tom with a stick.
Remuez la peinture avec un bâton ! Stir the paint with a stick.
Il marchait un bâton à la main. He was walking with a stick in his hand.
Remue la peinture avec un bâton ! Stir the paint with a stick.
Enfonce-toi un bâton dans le cul. Shove a stick up your ass.
La langue est un bon bâton. The tongue wounds more than a lance.
Il frappa le chien avec un bâton. He beat the dog with a stick.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Ils ont obtenu la poignée du bâton. They got the short end of the stick.
Quand l'école n'avait ni livres ni papiers ni crayons, elle écrivait l'alphabet sur le sol à l'aide d'un bâton. When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
L'ombre du bâton est visible. The shadow of the stick is visible.
Les États-Unis s'imaginent tenir la poignée du bâton. The U.S. thinks it is getting the short end of the stick.
Ils tiennent la poignée du bâton. They got the short end of the stick.
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