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

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Tom porta Marie sur ses épaules. Tom carried Mary on his shoulders.
Tom porta Mary sur ses épaules. Tom carried Mary on his shoulders.
Ses cheveux lui tombent sur les épaules. Her hair comes to her shoulders.
Il a la tête sur les épaules. He has a head on his shoulders.
Les cheveux de ma soeur lui arrivent aux épaules. My sister's hair reaches to her shoulders.
J'ai fait couper mes cheveux jusqu'aux épaules. I have had my hair cut shoulder length.
Le saisissant par les épaules, elle le secoua et cria : « Remets-toi ! » Grabbing him by the shoulders, she shook him and yelled, "Snap out of it!"
Je ne demande pas un fardeau moins lourd, mais des épaules plus larges. I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
Et c'est ainsi que tout finit par retomber sur les épaules de Mai. And so everything ends up coming down on Mai's shoulders.
Lorsque je lui demandai s'il savait où elle se trouvait, il haussa seulement les épaules. When I asked him if he knew where she was he just shrugged his shoulders.
Bernard de Chartres avait l'habitude de dire que nous sommes comme des nains sur les épaules de géants, de telle manière que nous pouvons voir davantage qu'eux, et des choses à plus grande distance, non pas en vertu d'une quelconque acuité visuelle de notre part, ou une quelconque particularité physique, mais parce que nous sommes portés haut et soulevés par leur taille géante. Bernard of Chartres used to say that we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.
Mon épaule me fait mal. My shoulder hurts.
Elle se pencha sur son épaule. She leaned on his shoulder.
Il regarda par-dessus son épaule. He looked back over his shoulder.
Je pose la main sur son épaule. I lay a hand on his shoulder.
Il posa sa main sur mon épaule. He rested his hand on my shoulder.
J'ai porté la boîte sur mon épaule. I carried the box on my shoulder.
Ma chatte frotta sa tête contre mon épaule. My cat rubbed her head against my shoulder.
Il posa la main gentiment sur son épaule. He put a hand gently on her shoulder.
Mon chat frotta sa tête contre mon épaule. My cat rubbed her head against my shoulder.
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