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

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Remuez la peinture avec un bâton ! Stir the paint with a stick.
Remue la peinture avec un bâton ! Stir the paint with a stick.
L'ombre du bâton est visible. The shadow of the stick is visible.
Ils tiennent la poignée du bâton. They got the short end of the stick.
Il frappa un ivrogne de son bâton. He beat on a drunken man with his stick.
Il marchait un bâton à la main. He was walking with a stick in his hand.
Enfonce-toi un bâton dans le cul. Shove a stick up your ass.
Il frappa le chien avec un bâton. He beat the dog with a stick.
Ils ont obtenu la poignée du bâton. They got the short end of the stick.
Le rat a été tué par Tom avec un bâton. The rat was killed by Tom with a stick.
Il façonna une branche tombée en un bâton de marche. He fashioned a walking stick from a fallen branch.
Les États-Unis s'imaginent tenir la poignée du bâton. The U.S. thinks it is getting the short end of the stick.
Il tailla le bâton en une pointe acérée, à l'aide de son couteau de chasse. He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
Quand l'école n'avait ni livres ni papiers ni crayons, elle écrivait l'alphabet sur le sol à l'aide d'un bâton. When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
Mes enfants aiment les bâtons de réglisse. My children like licorice sticks.
Jusqu'en 1986, les châtiments corporels par ceintures, bâtons, massues ont été légaux en Angleterre. Until 1986, in the schools of England, it was legal to punish children with belts, sticks, and clubs.
Je ne sais pas avec quelles armes la troisième guerre mondiale sera menée, mais la quatrième se fera avec des bâtons et des pierres. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
La langue est un bon bâton. The tongue wounds more than a lance.
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