Results for necks craned translation from English to French

necks
cous

neck craned, eyes motionless.
le cou tendu, les yeux mobiles.

first, the monument had to be craned down from its alcove.
il a d’abord fallu descendre le monument du chevalier de son alcôve, à l’aide d’une grue.

he craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
il tendit le cou dans l'espoir d'entendre ce qu'elles chuchotaient.

with polite interest the three of them craned their necks to see the stained book.
les trois hommes montrèrent un intérêt courtois en tournant la tête vers le livre couvert de taches.

laurent scrutinised it with curved back and craned neck, and the greenish mirror gave his face an atrocious grimace.
laurent, le dos courbé, le cou tendu, regardait, et le miroir verdâtre donnait à sa face une grimace atroce.

a hoarse roar of laughter from all the company answered it, and flushed faces craned over each other to catch a glimpse of the veteran.
de rauques éclats de rire de toute la compagnie y répondirent.

and as i slouched past and craned my neck there came a touch to my elbow, and there was a lady dressed all in black standing by the steps, and i knew that it was my cousin edie.
et comme je m'avançais obliquement, le cou tendu, je me sentis toucher le coude, et me trouvai en face d'une dame vêtue de noirs debout sur les marches, et j'appris que c'était ma cousine edie.

and the wretch craned his neck which was burning him. he wanted therese to kiss the scar, convinced that the lips of this woman would appease the thousand pricks lacerating his flesh, and with raised chin he presented his extended neck for the embrace.
et le misérable tendait son cou qui le brûlait, il désirait que thérèse le baisât sur la cicatrice, il comptait que le baiser de cette femme apaiserait les mille piqûres qui lui déchiraient la chair. le menton levé, le cou en avant, il s'offrait.

neck
cou