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

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Elles étaient si intimidées qu'elles ne pouvaient bouger d'un pouce. They were so frightened that they couldn't move an inch.
Ce gant est troué au niveau du pouce. The glove has a hole in the thumb.
Ils étaient si intimidés qu'ils ne pouvaient bouger d'un pouce. They were so frightened that they couldn't move an inch.
Il s'est accidentellement frappé le pouce avec son marteau. He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
J'ai besoin que vous réduisiez l'ourlet d'à peu près un pouce. I need you to take in the hem by about an inch.
Il prit le papillon entre le pouce et l'index. He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger.
La main a cinq doigts: le pouce, l'index, le majeur, l'annulaire et l'auriculaire. The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.
Après avoir rempli votre pipe de tabac, tapotez-la avec le pouce, mais ne tassez pas trop fort. After filling your pipe with tobacco, tamp it down with your thumb, but don't pack it too tightly.
Sa taille mesure 24 pouces. Her waist measures 24 inches.
Je te défonce au combat de pouces quand tu veux. I pound you at thumb wars anytime.
Tom est trois pouces plus grand que sa femme. Tom is three inches taller than his wife is.
Une règle peut mesurer jusqu'à douze pouces de longueur. A ruler can measure something up to twelve inches in length.
Mon fils a grandi de 5 pouces l'année dernière. My son grew 5 inches last year.
Entre quinze et seize ans, il a grandi de trois pouces entiers. Between the ages of 15 and 16 he grew three whole inches.
Mon ongle de pouce s'est cassé. I had my thumbnail torn off.
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