French-English translations for effleurer

brush
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She gave her hair a quick brushHe has had brushes with communism from time to timeBrush your teeth.
brush the surface

graze
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Cattle graze in the meadows.the bullet grazed the wallto graze ones knee
hint at
kiss
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at high speedHis ball kissed the black into the corner pocket
scrape
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She scraped her fingernails across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.She scraped the blackboard with her fingernails.Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.
scratch the surfaceAs Mr Bowis himself pointed out, we have only just begun to scratch the surface in terms of what we would call promoting mental wellbeing. M. Bowis a lui-même attiré notre attention sur le fait que nous avions à peine commencé à effleurer l’idée de ce que nous pourrions appeler la promotion du bien-être mental. This beginners course only scratches the surface of the subject.
skimI skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.to skim milk; to skim brothto skim cream

touch
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I just wish to touch on a few of the issues Mr Poettering raised. Je voudrais juste effleurer quelques-uns des points soulevés par M. Poettering. I have only had time to touch upon just a few aspects of this issue. Je n'ai pu effleurer que quelques aspects de la question. We all know that a touch can be either a gentle caress or the hug of a bear. Comme nous le savons tous, toucher peut signifier effleurer d'une douce caresse ou serrer avec la force d'un ours.
touch onI just wish to touch on a few of the issues Mr Poettering raised. Je voudrais juste effleurer quelques-uns des points soulevés par M. Poettering. We touched on the subject of wages, but we didnt reach a conclusion.

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