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licks

/lɪks/

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noun

Coup de langue, léchage

The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.

Examples :

"The cat gave its fur a lick."

Le chat a donné un coup de langue à sa fourrure.

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noun

Coup de langue

The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.

Examples :

"Give me a lick of ice cream."

Donne-moi un coup de langue de glace.

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noun

Coup de langue, léchage

A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.

Examples :

"a lick of paint"

Un coup de peinture.

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Un lieu où les animaux lèchent le sol pour les minéraux

A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.

Examples :

"The birds gathered at the clay lick."

Les oiseaux se sont rassemblés à l'endroit où ils lèchent le sol pour les minéraux.

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noun

Ruisseau, ruisselet

A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.

Examples :

"We used to play in the lick."

Nous jouions dans le ruisseau autrefois.

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noun

Coup, frappe

A stroke or blow.

Examples :

"Hit that wedge a good lick with the sledgehammer."

Donne un bon coup à ce coin avec la masse.

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Une petite quantité, une once

A small amount; a whit.

Examples :

"He doesn't care licks about what others think. "

Il ne se soucie pas d'un peu de ce que les autres pensent.

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noun

Tentative, essai

An attempt at something.

Examples :

"That was his first few licks at learning to play the guitar. "

C'était ses premiers essais pour apprendre à jouer de la guitare.

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Un motif court, une phrase musicale

Examples :

"There are some really good blues licks in this solo."

Il y a de très bons motifs de blues dans ce solo.

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Vitesse

A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)

Examples :

"The bus was travelling at a good lick when it swerved and left the road."

Le bus roulait à une bonne vitesse lorsqu'il a fait une embardée et a quitté la route.

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Cunnilingus

An act of cunnilingus.

Examples :

"You up for a lick tonight?"

Es-tu partant pour un cunnilingus ce soir ?

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verb

Lèche

To stroke with the tongue.

Examples :

"The cat licked its fur."

Le chat a léché sa fourrure.

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verb

Lécher

To lap; to take in with the tongue.

Examples :

"She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it."

Elle a léché le reste de miel sur la cuillère avant de la laver.

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verb

Frapper, battre

To beat with repeated blows.

Examples :

"The angry student licked the bully's knuckles repeatedly. "

L'élève en colère a frappé à plusieurs reprises les jointures du tyran.

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verb

Battre, vaincre

To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.

Examples :

"My dad can lick your dad."

Mon père peut battre ton père.

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Surmonter, vaincre

Examples :

"I think I can lick this."

Je pense que je peux surmonter ça.

achievement ability action

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Pratiquer le cunilingus, lécher

To perform cunnilingus.

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verb

Lécher, effleurer

To do anything partially.

Examples :

"He only licks at his homework, doing just enough to get by without really understanding the concepts. "

Il ne fait qu'effleurer ses devoirs, en faisant juste assez pour s'en sortir sans vraiment comprendre les concepts.

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verb

Lécher, lécher

(of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

Examples :

"The campfire crackled, and the flames gently licked the logs, slowly turning them to ash. "

Le feu de camp crépitait, et les flammes léchaient doucement les bûches, les transformant lentement en cendres.

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