Usage examples of "couteau de boucher" in French with translation to English

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Tu ne devrais pas laisser les enfants jouer avec le couteau de cuisine. You shouldn't let children play with the kitchen knife.
Le couteau était si émoussé que je ne pus couper la viande avec et je dus recourir à mon couteau de poche. The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
En se servant du couteau de la cuisine, ma femme s'est coupé le doigt. When using the kitchen knife, my wife cut her finger.
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.
Il s'est installé comme boucher. He set up as a butcher.
Prêtez-moi votre couteau s'il vous plaît. Please lend me your knife.
Ce négligé va lui en boucher un coin ! That negligee is gonna knock his socks off!
Veuillez m'apporter un couteau propre. Please bring me a clean knife.
Ce n’est pas de la bienveillance du boucher, du brasseur ou du boulanger que nous attendons notre dîner, mais plutôt du soin qu’ils apportent à la recherche de leur propre intérêt. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Elle le tua avec un couteau. She killed him with a knife.
Le boucher dépeça la carcasse du veau. The butcher cut up the calf's carcass.
Ce couteau est très aiguisé. This knife is very sharp.
Le boucher hacha la viande. The butcher ground the meat.
Remettez bien le couteau à sa place après usage. After using the knife, please be sure to put it back where it was.
J'ai demandé au boucher de dégraisser la viande. I asked the butcher to trim all the fat off of the meat.
Me prêterais-tu ton couteau ? Would you lend me your knife?
Donne-moi un couteau pour couper ce fil. Give me a knife to cut this string with.
Je me suis coupé le doigt avec un couteau. I cut my finger with a knife.
La femme allongea la main pour saisir le couteau sur la table. The woman reached for the knife on the table.
Je me suis coupé avec un couteau. I cut myself with a knife.
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