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recul

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nounmasculine
  1. retreat, climb-down
  2. drop; reduction, fall
  3. distancein time or space
  4. recoil, kickof firearm
  5. hindsightunderstanding of events after they have occurred

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  • Quand leurs deux entailles étaient près de se rejoindre, l'un d'eux s'arrêtait et l'autre frappait plus lentement, laissant chaque fois sa hache un moment dans l'entaille; la lame de bois qui tenait encore l'arbre debout par une sorte de miracle cédait enfin, le tronc se penchait et les deux bûcherons reculaient d'un pas et le regardaient tomber, poussant un grand cri afin que chacun se gare.When their two cuts were close to being joined, one of them stopped and the other struck more slowly, each time leaving his axe for a moment in the pitch; the wooden blade that still held the tree standing by a kind of miracle was finally yielding, the trunk leaning and the two loggers retreated one step and watched it fall, shouting a great cry so that each one would park.B1Maria Chapdelaine

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