Sentence examples of "talon d'achille" in French

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Cette plantureuse jeune femme me planta le talon de son stiletto dans le gros orteil, sous prétexte que j'avais été trop entreprenant. Die vollschlanke junge Frau stieß mir den Absatz ihres Stöckelschuhs in den großen Zeh unter dem Vorwand, ich sei zu forsch gewesen.
Achille était pourvu d'un talon vulnérable. Achilles hatte eine verwundbare Ferse.
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