Usage examples of "ciseaux à ongles" in French with translation to English

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Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons. Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway.
Le dissolvant à ongles pue beaucoup. Nail polish remover stinks a lot.
Je n'ai rien trouvé d'autre qu'une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Tu as de la crasse sous les ongles. You have dirt under your fingernails.
Pourquoi as-tu déchiré le tissu, plutôt que de le découper avec des ciseaux ? Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
Il fait gentleman jusqu'au bout des ongles. He looks every inch a gentleman.
Tout ce que j'ai trouvé, c'est une paire de ciseaux. All I found is a pair of scissors.
Il est américain jusqu'au bout des ongles. He is American to the soles of his feet.
Puis-je emprunter vos ciseaux ? Can I borrow your scissors?
C'est tellement bon quand tu fais courir tes ongles sur mon dos. It feels so good when you run your fingernails over my back.
Je n'ai rien trouvé, à part des ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Lorsque la mort approche, tout ce qu'on peut faire est de lentement ronger ses ongles. When death approaches, all you can do is slowly chew your fingernails.
Je n'ai rien trouvé, si ce n'est une paire de ciseaux. I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
Trois jours après la mort, les cheveux et les ongles continuent à pousser mais les appels téléphoniques se font plus rares. For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
Je me demande à qui sont ces ciseaux. I wonder whose these scissors are.
Arrête de ronger tes ongles. Stop biting your nails.
J'aimerais savoir quand tu as l'intention de me rendre les ciseaux que je t'ai prêtés. I'd like to know when you plan to give me back the scissors I lent you.
Les ongles des doigts croissent environ quatre fois plus vite que ceux des pieds. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.
Il y a une paire de ciseaux sur le bureau. There is a pair scissors on the desk.
Je ne peux pas me couper les ongles et faire le repassage en même temps ! I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time!
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