Sentence examples of "nails" in English

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Translations: all15 clou8 ongle7
He hammered nails into the plank. Il planta des clous dans la planche.
Don't bite your nails. Ne ronge pas tes ongles.
A magnet can pick up and hold many nails at a time. Un aimant peut soulever et maintenir de nombreux clous en même temps.
I never cut my nails at night. Je ne me coupe jamais les ongles le soir.
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway. Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons.
He managed to cure himself of his habit of nibbling his nails. Il s'arrangea pour guérir lui-même de l'habitude de se ronger les ongles.
I can't cut my nails and do the ironing at the same time! Je ne peux pas me couper les ongles et faire le repassage en même temps !
A nail punctured the tire. Un clou a percé le pneu.
Nail polish remover stinks a lot. Le dissolvant à ongles pue beaucoup.
One nail drives out another. Un clou chasse l'autre.
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway. Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons.
The nail tore his jacket. Le clou déchira sa veste.
A nail penetrated the car tire. Un clou a perforé le pneu de la voiture.
We found a nail stuck in the tire. Nous avons trouvé un clou enfoncé dans le pneu.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail. Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou.
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