mâcher

Il mâchait un mouchoir.
He was chewing on a handkerchief.
Le chef actuel de la mission, un Britannique nommé MacGyver, ne mâchait ses mots, déclarant que "nous travaillons ici au milieu d'un bourbier de duperie et de corruption".
Its outgoing leader, a Briton by the name of MacGyver, did not mince his words when he said 'We are working here in a quagmire of deceit and corruption'.
Carlos ne pouvait pas parler parce qu'il mâchait un caramel.
Carlos couldn't speak because he was chewing a toffee.
Le cheval mâchait un peu de foin dans la grange.
The horse was champing on some hay in the barn.
Mon frère mâchait une pomme pendant qu'il étudiait.
My brother was chomping an apple while he studied.
Le bébé mâchait lentement et distraitement sa biscotte.
The baby was slowly and distractedly chewing his rusk.
Elle mâchait ces feuilles comme une chèvre rumine.
She chewed those leaves like a goat would chew the cud.
Juancito m'a dit que la maîtresse lui a fait une remarque parce qu'il mâchait du chewing-gum en classe.
Juancito told me that the teacher cautioned him because he was chewing gum in class.
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