Sentence examples of "pad shoulders" in English
And so everything ends up coming down on Mai's shoulders.
Et c'est ainsi que tout finit par retomber sur les épaules de Mai.
Grabbing him by the shoulders, she shook him and yelled, "Snap out of it!"
Le saisissant par les épaules, elle le secoua et cria : « Remets-toi ! »
The girls who go, sickle on their shoulders, to cut alfalfa for the rabbits.
Les filles qui vont, la faucille sur l'épaule, couper de la luzerne pour les lapins.
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.
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.
When I asked him if he knew where she was he just shrugged his shoulders.
Lorsque je lui demandai s'il savait où elle se trouvait, il haussa seulement les épaules.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
Je ne demande pas un fardeau moins lourd, mais des épaules plus larges.
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