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contrainte

B2#7,220

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nounfeminine
  1. constraint
  2. requirement, demand
  3. stress

Used in the library

  • Chacun tirait de sa poche sa pipe et la vessie de porc pleine de feuilles de tabac hachées à la main et commençait à fumer d'un air de contentement, après une heure et demie de contrainte.Each of them drew from his pocket his pipe and the pig bladder full of hand chopped tobacco leaves and began to smoke with an air of contentment, after an hour and a half of constraint.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Le courroux qui brillait dans les yeux du mousquetaire, malgré la contrainte qu’il s’imposait, épouvanta la sensible amante.The wrath that shone in the eyes of the Musketeer, despite the constraint he imposed, terrified the sensitive lover.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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