Sentence examples of "ongle" in French with translation "fingernail"

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Ronger tes ongles est une mauvaise habitude. Biting your fingernails is a bad habit.
Tu as de la crasse sous les ongles. You have dirt under your fingernails.
C'est tellement bon quand tu fais courir tes ongles sur mon dos. It feels so good when you run your fingernails over my back.
Les ongles des doigts croissent environ quatre fois plus vite que ceux des pieds. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.
Lorsque la mort approche, tout ce qu'on peut faire est de lentement ronger ses ongles. When death approaches, all you can do is slowly chew your fingernails.
Contrairement aux idées reçues, les cheveux et les ongles ne continuent pas à pousser après la mort. Contrary to popular opinion, hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after death.
Trois jours après la mort, les cheveux et les ongles continuent à pousser mais les appels téléphoniques se font plus rares. For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
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