Usage examples of "œil - de-chat" in French with translation to English

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Je ne possède pas de chat. I don't have a cat.

J'ai un œil de verre. I have a glass eye.

Je n'ai pas de chat. I do not have a cat.

Je me suis fait dire mon avenir par une vieille avec un étrange œil de verre. I had my fortune read by an old lady with an eery-looking glass eye.

Cette sorte de chat ne possède pas de queue. This type of cat has no tail.

Mon chat est mouillé. My cat is wet.

Tom est aveugle d'un œil. Tom is blind in one eye.

Ça ne fait aucune différence si le chat est noir ou blanc tant qu'il attrape des souris. It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.

Garde un œil sur cette mallette. Keep an eye on this suitcase.

Le chat fit le gros dos. The cat arched its back.

Garde un œil sur les filles. Keep an eye on the girls.

Tous les matins et tous les soirs je donne à manger à mon chat. I feed my cat every morning and every evening.

C'est un œil. This is an eye.

Un chat apparut de derrière le rideau. A cat appeared from behind the curtain.

Puis-je jeter un œil au magazine ? Can I have a look at the magazine?

Le chat est incapable de faire ça. The cat can't do that.

Grishkin est belle : son œil russe est souligné pour l'accentuer ; décorsetée, sa poitrine accueillante promet une félicité pneumatique. Grishkin is nice: her russian eye is underlined for emphasis; uncorseted, her friendly bust gives promise of pneumatic bliss.

Je ne le pousserais pas à bout. Tu ne sais pas ce qu'il pourrait faire. À mon avis, on n'est jamais trop prudent. On dit même qu'une souris à l'agonie mordrait un chat si elle n'avait pas le choix. I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.

Gardez un œil sur l'enfant méchant. Keep an eye on the naughty kid.

Il ne faut pas réveiller un chat qui dort. We must not wake a sleeping cat.

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