Sentence examples of "piétiner" in French

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Les deux coururent l'un contre l'autre, assez naturellement, au coin ; et puis vint l'horrible phase de la chose ; car l'homme piétina calmement le corps de l'enfant et la laissa hurler au sol. The two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground.
Pour nager, vous devez d'abord apprendre à piétiner dans l'eau. In order to swim, you have to learn to tread water first.
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