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

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She felt something touch her neck. Elle sentit quelque chose toucher son cou.
He caught me by the neck. Il m'a attrapé par le cou.
Take your hands off my neck. Retirez votre main de mon cou.
He seized me by the neck. Il m'a pris par le cou.
Take your hand off my neck. Retirez votre main de mon cou.
She has a scarf around her neck. Elle a une écharpe autour de son cou.
A rash broke out on her neck. Un rash cutané se développa sur son cou.
The girl has a scarf around her neck. La fille a un foulard autour du cou.
A giraffe extends its neck to get food. Une girafe allonge le cou pour aller chercher de la nourriture.
Has your neck thickened during the previous year? Ton cou s'est-il épaissi au cours de l'année passée ?
Its long neck resembles that of a horse. Son long cou ressemble à celui d'un cheval.
I can't turn my neck, because it hurts a lot. Je ne peux pas tourner le cou parce que c'est très douloureux.
Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves. Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues.
Even though the accident was six months ago, my neck still hurts. Bien que l'accident date déjà d'il y a six mois, mon cou me fait encore mal.
He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering. Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir de surprendre ce qu'ils chuchotaient.
"It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck." « C'est honteux! On devrait les noyer comme des chiennes, avec une pierre au cou. »
Those shadows appeared in a way like giant dinosaurs, with a long neck and a very big jaw without teeth. Ces ombres apparurent en quelque sorte comme un dinosaure géant, au long cou et à la mâchoire très grosse, sans dents.
Giraffes have very long necks. Les girafes ont un très long cou.
I am up to my neck in work. J'ai du travail par-dessus la tête.
The kid is a pain in the neck. Le gosse est une plaie.
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