Usage examples of "clé au cou" in French with translation to English

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« C'est honteux! On devrait les noyer comme des chiennes, avec une pierre au cou. » "It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck."
Elle sentit quelque chose toucher son cou. She felt something touch her neck.
La persévérance, comme vous le savez, est la clé du succès. Perseverance, as you know, is the key to success.
Un rash cutané se développa sur son cou. A rash broke out on her neck.
Tom ne se souvient plus où il a mis sa clé. Tom doesn't remember where he put his key.
Il prit ses jambes à son cou en voyant le policier. He took to his heels when he saw a policeman.
Il a tourné la clé. He turned the key.
Bien que l'accident date déjà d'il y a six mois, mon cou me fait encore mal. Even though the accident was six months ago, my neck still hurts.
La clé a été laissée dans la chambre. The key was left in the room.
Retirez votre main de mon cou. Take your hands off my neck.
C'est votre clé. This is your key.
Je ne peux pas tourner le cou parce que c'est très douloureux. I can't turn my neck, because it hurts a lot.
Pourrais-tu me dire à nouveau où tu as mis la clé ? Could you please tell me again where you put the key?
Son long cou ressemble à celui d'un cheval. Its long neck resembles that of a horse.
J'ai trouvé cette clé sous le paillasson. I found the key underneath the mat.
La fille a un foulard autour du cou. The girl has a scarf around her neck.
Cette lettre est la seule clé du mystère. This letter is the only key to the mystery.
Ton cou s'est-il épaissi au cours de l'année passée ? Has your neck thickened during the previous year?
L'éducation est la clé du succès. Education is the key to success.
Une girafe allonge le cou pour aller chercher de la nourriture. A giraffe extends its neck to get food.
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