preen

Watch the birds prancing and preening on the balustrade of your terrace.
Observez les oiseaux se cabrer et se lisser sur la balustrade de votre terrasse.
I don't see why it should cut into my preening time.
Moi, j'ai plus le temps de me pomponner.
Stop preening and get cleaning.
Arrête de te pomponner et va laver.
But I am now a woman and I want a real man, not a preening child.
Je suis une vraie femme et je veux épouser un homme, pas un enfant narcissique.
Preening America, winner of an ideological struggle, is no longer credible in the victor's role.
La fière Amérique, victorieuse d'une lutte idéologique, n'est plus crédible dans le rôle du vainqueur.
Gaze into your binoculars and scan lush ecosystems for vibrant rosy-pink flamingos and purple swamphen preening their plumage.
Jetez un coup d’œil à vos jumelles et parcourez des écosystèmes luxuriants pour trouver des flamants roses et roses éclatants et un swamphen violet pour leur plumage.
This monolithic view of Heaven has us spending a large portion of eternity sitting on clouds, strumming our harps and preening our new wings.
A cause de cette vue monolithique du ciel nous avons passé une grande partie de l'éternité sur des nuages, en train de pratiquer la harpe et nettoyer les ailes.
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