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

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Il pressa son oreille contre le mur. He pressed his ear against the wall.
Elle murmura quelque chose à son oreille. She whispered something into his ear.
Il murmura de doux mots à son oreille. He whispered sweet nothings into her ear.
"Oui !", murmura-t-il dans mon oreille de sa voix ravissante. "Yes!", he whispered in my ear with his charming voice.
J'ai mis le combiné du téléphone près de mon oreille. I put the receiver to my ear.
Je tins la conque à mon oreille et entendis l'océan à l'intérieur. I held the conch to my ear and heard the ocean inside.
Un jour, alors que je jouais avec mon chat, j'ai finalement mordu son oreille. One day, while I was playing with my cat, I finally bit his ear.
Il m'a fait une peur bleue en faisant éclater un ballon juste à côté de mon oreille. He scared the hell out of me by popping a balloon right next to my ear.
Lorsqu'il chuchota quelque chose à son oreille, elle se déplaça conformément à ses indications, comme si elle avait été hypnotisée. When he whispered something into her ear, she moved just as he said, as if she had been hypnotized.
Je tentai de lui expliquer le devoir d'algèbre, mais ça rentra juste par une oreille et ça ressortit pas l'autre. I tried explaining the algebra homework to him but it just went in one ear and out the other.
Une fois, quand j'étais allé chez mon ami Kawai, il tira avec un pistolet. Il pensait qu'il n'était pas chargé et il visa ma bouche, mais il l'était et la balle rasa mon oreille avant de frapper la garde-robe. Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
Le chat a deux oreilles. The cat has two ears.
La musique flatte les oreilles. Music gratifies the ears.
Les murs ont des oreilles. The walls have ears.
J'entends avec mes oreilles. I hear with my ears.
Les chats ont les oreilles pointues. Cats have pointed ears.
Les lapins ont de grandes oreilles. A rabbit has long ears.
Les lapins ont de longues oreilles. Rabbits have long ears.
Voulez-vous avoir les oreilles dégagées ? Would you like your ears to show?
Sa voix résonne encore à mes oreilles. Her voice still rings in my ears.
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