scrape

transitive verb
He scraped his boots clean.Il gratta la semelle de ses bottes.
He scraped his hand on a rock.Il s'est éraflé la main sur un rocher.
I'd scraped the back bumper.J'avais éraflé le pare-chocs arrière.
She scraped her chair backward.Elle recula sa chaise en la faisant racler.
Everton scraped a 1-0 win at Ipswich.Everton a arraché une victoire 1 à 0 à Ipswich.
intransitive verb
a. racler
The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china.On n'entend que les couverts raclant contre la porcelaine.
noun
a. raclement (m)
She got up with a scrape of her chair.Elle se leva dans un raclement de chaise.
a. embarras (m)
He has rescued her from many a scrape.Il l'a tirée d'embarras plus d'une fois.
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