Sentence examples of "bone of contention" in English

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Dr. Zamenhof didn’t give us any rules for the use of punctuation in Esperanto, because he well knew what a bone of contention that would be. Le Docteur Zamenhof ne nous a pas fourni de règles concernant l'emploi de la ponctuation en espéranto car il savait bien quelle pomme de discorde cela constituerait.

Have you ever broken a bone? T'es-tu jamais cassé un os ?

What is bred in the bone will come out in the blood. Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop.

She is all skin and bone. Elle n'a que la peau sur les os.

He is Japanese to the bone. C'est un Japonais pure souche.

Why do you have a fractured bone? Pourquoi est-ce que tu as un os fracturé ?

An icy blast of wind cut me to the bone. Une rafale glaciale m'a glacé jusqu'à la moelle des os.

It looks like a fish bone got stuck in my throat. On dirait qu'une arête s'est coincée dans ma gorge.

He gave the dog a bone. Il donna un os au chien.

I was chilled to the bone. J'étais gelé jusqu'aux os.

I was frozen to the bone. J'étais gelé jusqu'aux os.

A fish bone has stuck in my throat. Une arête est coincée dans ma gorge.

I broke a bone in my foot while exercising. Je me suis cassé un os du pied en faisant de l'exercice.

You should bone up on your French before your trip to Marseille. Tu devrais bûcher ton français avant ton voyage pour Marseille.

My feet hurt so much, I think that I must have run them right through to the bone. Mes pieds me font si mal, je pense que j'ai dû les user jusqu'à l'os en courant.

She screams if you even touch her funny bone. Elle hurle à peine on lui touche le nerf ulnaire.

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