Usage examples of "pointait" in French with translation to English

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Je songeais que le petit garçon qui fixait et pointait l'étranger du doigt était très grossier. I thought the little boy who was staring and pointing at the foreigner was very rude.
Elle pointa le doigt sur lui. She pointed her finger at him.
La pointe du crayon s'est émoussée. The point of the pencil has become dull.
Il a pointé la tour, là-bas. He pointed to the tower over there.
Il utilise un crayon avec une pointe fine. He uses a pencil with a fine point.
Nous lui pointâmes l'erreur de son raisonnement. We pointed out to him the error in his reasoning.
J'ai pointé mon appareil photo sur elle. I pointed my camera at her.
Elle pointa son doigt vers lui d'un air accusateur. She pointed her finger at him accusingly.
Tout ce qu'elle sait faire, c'est pointer les voisins du doigt. All she does is point fingers at the neighbours.
Tom gardait son fusil pointé vers Mary et lui dit de ne pas bouger. Tom kept his gun pointed at Mary and told her not to move.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Le voleur pointait son arme sur l'employé. The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
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