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gorge

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nounfeminine
  1. throat
  2. breast
  3. gorge

Used in the library

  • Bonjour, docteur. J'ai mal à la gorge.Hello, doctor. My throat hurts.A1J'ai mal partout — Everything hurts
  • Bonjour, docteur. J'ai mal à la gorge depuis trois jours.Hello, doctor. My throat has hurt for three days.A2Chez le médecin à Montréal — At the doctor's in Montréal
  • Il avait la voix forte et juste et chantait à pleine gorge d'un air d'extase; mais bientôt ses yeux se fermèrent et son menton retomba sur sa poitrine peu à peu.He had a loud and fair voice and sang at the throat with an air of ecstasy; but soon his eyes closed and his chin fell down on his chest little by little.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Mais une main de fer le retenait à la gorge.But an iron hand held him to the throat.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac

Other ways to say it

Idioms built on the body

  • avoir un chat dans la gorgeto have a frog in your throatLiterally a cat in the throat. Each language chose a different animal.

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