retarder
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verb
to retard, slow down
to postpone, put back
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- À travers le froid qui venait, les premières gelées, les menaces de neige, l'on retardait pourtant et l'on remettait de jour en jour la moisson pour permettre au pauvre grain de dérober encore un peu de force aux sucs de la terre et au tiède soleil.Through the cold that came, the first frosts, the threats of snow, it was delayed, and the harvest was re-established day by day to allow the poor grain to steal a little more force from the sucks of the earth and the warm sun.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- – Retardé, ma pauvre amie, forcément retardé!"Retarded, my poor friend, necessarily delayed!"B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- — Eh bien, s’il n’arrive pas, c’est qu’il aura été retardé, voilà tout."Well, if it doesn't happen, it will have been delayed, that's all.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Mais qui peut dire que ces luttes aient retardé essentiellement sa marche?But who can say that these struggles essentially delayed his march?C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
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