Usage examples of "doigt" in French with translation to English

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Tom a montré Mary du doigt. Tom pointed at Mary.
Je me suis brûlé le bout du doigt. I burned my fingertip.
Il est impoli de montrer les autres du doigt. It is rude to point at others.
C'est malpoli de montrer les gens du doigt. It's rude to point at anyone.
C'est pas poli de montrer les autres du doigt. It's not polite to point at others.
Il n'est pas poli de montrer les autres du doigt. It is not polite to point at others.
Je songeais que le petit garçon qui fixait et pointait l'étranger du doigt était très grossier. I thought the little boy who was staring and pointing at the foreigner was very rude.
Veuillez lever le doigt avant de parler. Please raise your hand before you speak.
Mon petit doigt me l'a dit A little bird told me
Le petit doigt sur la couture du pantalon Standing stiffly at attention
Mon petit doigt m'a dit que tu y étais. A little birdie told me you were there.
Mon petit doigt me dit que tu caches quelque chose. Something tells me that you're hiding something.
Une coccinelle rouge et brillante se posa sur le bout de mon doigt. A bright red ladybug landed on my fingertip.
Entre l'arbre et l'écorce, il ne faut pas mettre le doigt Do not meddle in other people's family affairs
Peux-tu faire tourner un ballon de basket sur le bout de ton doigt ? Can you spin a basketball on your fingertip?
Les seules traces de doigt que la police a trouvé sur la poignée de porte étaient de Tom. The only fingerprints that the police found on the doorknob were Tom's.
Si vous pensez que c'est à l'école, assis sur une chaise, à écouter un prof, qu'on apprend une langue, alors vous vous fourrez le doigt dans l'œil. If you think that it's in school - seated in a chair and listening to a teacher - that you learn a language, then boy are you off.
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