Et par désespoir, ils se coupaient la main avec une hache, pour ne plus travailler.
In desperation, the prisoners would cut off a hand with an ax so they wouldn't have to work.
Et ils achetaient des légumes à leurs voisins, se coupaient les cheveux ou achetaient un nouveau blouson chez un tailleur.
And they would buy the vegetables from their neighbors, they would get a new haircut or a new blouse from the tailor.
Le Sauveur du monde était membre actif de la caste des Esséniens qui étaient des mystiques qui ne se coupaient jamais les cheveux ni la barbe.
The Saviour of the World was an active member of the Essene group, mystics who neither cut hair nor beard.
Aujourd'hui, mes élèves se coupaient et se polissaient les ongles pendant mon cours. – Beurk !
Today my students were cutting and buffing their nails in my class. - Gross!
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