Translation examples
verb
Il distribuait des brochures et collait des affiches sur les murs dans les environs du monastère et à Lhassa.
He distributed leaflets and pasted wall posters around the monastery and in nearby Lhasa.
Il prenait un instantané du cadavre, après quoi il... collait les deux photos dans un album.
- he'd take a Polaroid of the dead body, after which he would... paste both photographs in an album.
verb
Un militant qui collait des affiches relatives à la campagne électorale du Bloco de Esquerda (Bloc de gauche) a été agressé au couteau par un skinhead.
A party worker who was sticking up posters for the Bloco de Esquerda (left-wing bloc) was attacked by a skinhead with a knife.
qui se collait à sa fille de 14 ans.
Sticking it to Ruiz's 14-year-old kid.
Ça ne collait pas.
Yeah. I couldn't get it to stick.
Ce ne collait pas.
Didn't stick.
En été, on collait aux sièges.
Your skin would stick to the seats in the summer.
Il collait du chewing-gum dans mes cheveux.
He used to stick chewing gum in my hair.
Je me demande ce qui ne collait pas avec ce régime.
I wonder why I didn't stick with EZ Thin.
On te donnait l'hostie, ça collait au palais.
The Holy Host would stick to my mouth.
La neige se collait sur nos habits.
The snow would actually stick on the outside of your clothing.
Et pourquoi ça ne collait pas ?
And why didn't it stick?
C'était comme si ça ne collait pas.
And it was like it didn't stick.
verb
Elle nous collait.
She stuck to us like glue.
On les pliait et on les collait ensemble.
You fold them together and you glue them together.
Cette fois là, ça collait bien.
This time, it stuck like glue.
Eh bien, si on y collait des raisins secs ?
How about we glue on some raisins?
Tu te rappelles quand on rasait les chiens du voisinage... qu'on collait les poils sur nos têtes et qu'on faisait comme si on était lui ?
Remember when we would shave the neighborhood dogs... and glue the fur to our faces and pretend we were him?
verb
Je te vois encore comme le morveux qui nous collait.
You were the punk kid who was trying to hang out with me and my friends.
verb
Ça collait pas avec ton récit. Entre vos mails et vos coups de fil, accordez vos violons.
Didn't jibe with the way you recounted it so maybe with all your e-maiIs and phone calls you can get your story straight.
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