| The French word | |
mordre |
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| to bite (literal and fig) | |
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Le chien mordit ma main.
The dog bit my hand. |
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Le chien me mordit la main.
The dog bit me in the hand. |
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Le chien m'a mordu la main.
The dog bit me in the hand. |
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Chien qui aboie ne mord pas.
Barking dogs seldom bite. |
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On dirait que le chien mord.
I guess the dog bites. |
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Chien qui aboie ne mord pas.
Dogs that bark don't bite. | Barking dogs don't bite. |
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Est-ce que votre chien mord ?
Does your dog bite? |
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Le chien tenta de mordre ma main.
The pup snapped at my hand. |
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Un crocodile lui a mordu la jambe.
His leg was bitten by a crocodile. |
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Tu as mordu la main qui te nourrissait.
You bit the hand that fed you. |
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Si tu me mords, je te mordrai en retour.
If you bite me, I'll bite back. |
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Lorsque je mords, cette dent me fait mal.
When I bite down, this tooth hurts. |
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L'ours est assez apprivoisé et ne mord pas.
The bear is quite tame and doesn't bite. |
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Les chiens que les chiens mordent, mordent.
Dogs dogs bite bite. |
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C'est ce chien là-bas qui m'a mordu la main.
It was that dog that bit my hand. |
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Il ne faut jamais mordre la main qui vous nourrit.
Never bite the hand that feeds you. |
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Ne t'approche pas trop du chien de peur qu'il ne te morde.
Don't go too near the dog for fear it should bite you. |
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Le chien qui a mordu l'enfant fut attrapé peu de temps après.
The dog that bit the child was caught soon after. |
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Celui qui fait l'autruche aujourd'hui, s'en mordra les doigts demain.
He who buries his head in the sand today will grind his teeth tomorrow. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

