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menton

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nounmasculine
  1. chin

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  • Samuel Chapdelaine dormait toujours, le menton sur sa poitrine, comme un vieil homme que la fatigue d'une longue vie dure aurait tout à coup accablé.Samuel Chapdelaine was still asleep, the chin on his chest, like an old man who would suddenly be overwhelmed by the tiredness of a long life.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Et son talon s'en allait caresser le menton de son suivant de gauche.And his heel was going to stroke the chin of his next left.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • En cinq minutes trois furent effleurés, l’un au poignet, l’autre au menton, l’autre à l’oreille par le défenseur du degré, qui lui- même ne fut pas atteint: adresse qui lui valut, selon les conventions arrêtées, trois tours de faveur.In five minutes three were touched, one on the wrist, the other on the chin, the other on the ear by the defender of the degree, who himself was not reached: address which, according to the agreed terms, earned him three turns of favor.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • 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

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