effleurer
- Examples
La balle a effleuré mon épaule. | The bullet grazed my shoulder. |
Il a effleuré ma main avec cet étui et ça m'a presque glacé. | He touched my hand with that case and the thing nearly froze me. |
Mais je voudrais encore aborder un sujet, que M. Poettering a effleuré, mais sur lequel il n'a pas réellement insisté. | I should like, however, to take up one thing that Mr Poettering touched upon but did not really emphasise. |
La balle a effleuré le bras de Jerónimo, lui causant une petite éraflure. | The bullet scraped Jerónimo's arm, causing him a small graze. |
Son tir au but a effleuré la barre transversale. | His shot at goal shaved the crossbar. |
La balle lui a effleuré l'oreille et il s'est mis à saigner. | The bullet grazed his ear and he started bleeding. |
La balle a effleuré le pilier de pierre devant la bijouterie. | The bullet grazed the stone pillar in front of the jewelry store. |
L'artiste a effleuré la toile du pinceau avec la plus douce des caresses. | The artist gave the canvas the softest of kisses with the brush. |
Il a effleuré la surface de l'eau. | She came in and swooped down over the water's surface. |
Elle a effleuré l'arrière de ma tête avec sa main, comme à son habitude. | She just brushed the back of my head with her hand, like she used to. |
La balle a effleuré mon épaule. | I have a slight scratch on my shoulder. |
Ça vous a effleuré ? | Has that ever occurred to you? |
Une balle a effleuré ma tête et touché sous l'oreille droite M. Chongwe qui était assis à l'avant. | A bullet grazed my head and struck Dr Chongwe who was sitting in the front seat, below the right ear. |
Je me demande si l'idée a effleuré l'esprit de la Commission que le Parlement pourrait prendre des mesures indirectement liées à cette question et menacer probablement de les bloquer afin de résoudre le problème. | I wonder if the possibility has occurred to the Commission that we as a parliament might look at measures which are not directly related to this issue and possibly threaten to hold them up in order to get our way on this subject. |
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