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

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Je veux un petit chien. I want a puppy.
Il fait un temps de chien What horrible weather.
Le chien tenta de mordre ma main. The pup snapped at my hand.
J'avais un petit chien quand j'étais petit. I had a puppy when I was a boy.
Je me demandais juste quel type de chien tu as à la maison. I was just wondering what kind of pets you have at home.
Elle n'avait qu'à user de son regard de chien battu pour que je sois son serviteur dévoué. She just had to use her Puss-In-Boots look and I was her devoted servant.
Une fois, Christophe Colomb a combattu Cerbère, le chien à trois têtes gardien des enfers, armé de son seul chapeau. Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
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