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

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Tu ne devrais pas gratter tes piqûres d'insectes. You should try not to scratch your insect bites.

Il a l'habitude de se gratter la tête. He has the habit of scratching his head.

Les ours aiment se gratter le dos sur l'écorce des arbres. Bears like to scratch their back on tree bark.

Des mitaines en coton vont empêcher le bébé de se gratter le visage. Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.

J'entends un chat qui gratte à la fenêtre. I can hear a cat scratching at the window.

Il gratta la boue de ses bottes. He scraped the mud off his boots.

Elle a gratté sa démangeaison au travers de son crâne, jusqu'au cerveau. She scratched her itch through the scalp to the brain.

Si on gratte un peu sous la couche de vieux, il y a encore un enfant. If you scrape off a bit under the layer of old man, there is still a child.

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