avaler
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verbinformal
to swallow
to believe
to support
to approve, endorse
(vulgar) to swallow
Used in the library
- Puis, après avoir avalé un sanglot prêt à lui échapper, il poursuivit la lecture de la dépêche.Then, after swallowing a sob ready to escape, he continued reading the dispatch.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Grimaud sourit, et, les yeux fixés sur le verre qu’Athos venait de remplir bord à bord, il broya le papier et l’avala.Grimaud smiled, and, with his eyes fixed on the glass that Athos had just filled on board, he crushed the paper and avala.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- – Que mes frères n'oublient pas, dit-il que nous avons encore de l'eau-de-feu, et que cela aide à avaler les viandes du festin."Let my brothers not forget," he said, "that we still have firewater, and that it helps to swallow the meat of the feast."B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Puis, avalant le contenu de son verre, qu’il posa près de lui, Athos se leva nonchalamment, prit le premier fusil venu et s’approcha d’une meurtrière.Then, swallowing the contents of his glass, which he placed next to him, Athos rose up nonchally, took the first shotgun that came and approached a murderer.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
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