Sentence examples of "se battre bec et ongles" in French

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L'oiseau ramassa la brindille avec son bec et vola vers son nid. The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.
Bien que blessés, ils continuèrent de se battre. Though wounded, they continued to fight.
Les soldats ont perdu le courage de se battre. The soldiers lost the courage to fight.
Elle le regarda continuer à se battre aussi fort qu'il pouvait. She watched him continue to fight as hard as he could.
L'homme qui s'enfuit peut se battre à nouveau. The man who runs may fight again.
La mère sépara les enfants en train de se battre. The mother separated the fighting children.
Elle l'a regardé continuer à se battre aussi fort qu'il pouvait. She watched him continue to fight as hard as he could.
Ils sont trop occupés à se battre entre eux pour s'occuper d'idéaux communs. They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
Il a trouvé un prétexte pour se battre avec moi. He made up a pretext for a fight with me.
Se battre ne résoudra rien. Fighting won't settle anything.
Tom est trop malin pour se battre avec toi. Tom knows better than to fight with you.
On ne peut pas avoir de relation sans combats, mais on peut faire en sorte que sa relation vaille le coup de se battre. You can't have a relationship without any fights, but you can make your relationship worth the fight.
Quand deux armées s'affrontent, ceux qui peuvent se battre doivent se battre, ceux qui ne peuvent pas se battre doivent protéger, ceux qui ne peuvent pas protéger doivent fuir, ceux qui ne peuvent pas fuir doivent se rendre, et ceux qui ne peuvent pas se rendre doivent mourir. When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.
Il n'abandonnerait pas cela sans se battre. He would not give it up without a struggle.
Certains ne voulaient pas se battre. Some were unwilling to fight.
Quelque chose qui vaille la peine de se battre. Something worth fighting for.
Un pélican peut placer beaucoup de poisson dans son bec. A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.
Elle sentit son cœur battre la chamade. She felt her heart beating fast.
Tu as de la crasse sous les ongles. You have dirt under your fingernails.
Jusqu'à ce moment la porte s'entr'ouvrit et une créature au long bec passa la tête et dit : "Personne n'entre jusqu'à la semaine prochaine." Et la porte fut refermée avec fracas. Just then the door opened a little way, and a creature with a long beak put its head out for a moment and said: "No admittance till the week after next!" and shut the door again with a bang.
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