gratter

to scrape

Les cheveux longs te grattaient, tu les trouvais agaçants.	You used to complain that long hair was itchy and hard to take care of.
Je me rappelle comment elles grattaient le sol quand il est entré dans le salon pour dire à ma grand-mère combien la vie de mes parents valait.	I remember how they scraped the floor when he walked into the living room to tell my grandmother how much my parents' lives were worth.
J'... Je me rappelle comment elles grattaient le sol quand il est entré dans le salon pour dire à ma grand-mère combien la vie de mes parents valait.	I remember how they scraped the floor when he walked into the living room to tell my grandmother how much my parents' lives were worth.
Les poules grattaient la terre à la recherche d'insectes.	The chickens scratched around in the dirt looking for bugs.
Les poules grattaient la terre dans la cour.	The hens were scratching around in the soil in the yard.
Il s'est avéré que les enfants avaient des poux. C'est pourquoi ils se grattaient la tête.	It turned out the children had lice. That's why they were scratching their heads.
Toutefois, très hypocritement, avant de sortir, ils se grattaient légèrement la langue avec les ongles pour la rendre banche comme s’ils avaient jeûné.	Before they went out, however, they hypocritically scraped their tongues with their fingernails to make them white, as if they had been fasting.
Ensuite, j’ai senti des aiguilles de pin qui me grattaient la nuque et j’ai commencé à les retirer de mes cheveux.	Then, I felt pine needles scratching the back of my neck and started pulling them out my hair.