étonner
- Examples
Je m' étonnais de l' absence d' une question sur ce thème, c' est pourquoi je suis content qu' elle sorte enfin. | I would have been surprised if there had not been a question on this issue which is why I am glad that it has finally come up. |
Je m’étonnais de ce qu’ils ne voyaient pas, n’entendaient pas et ne sentaient pas ce tiraillement au cœur, patient et cependant urgent, qui me mettait souvent en larmes. | I wondered that they were not seeing, hearing and feeling that patient, yet urgent, tug at the heart, which would often bring me to tears. |
Mais déjà à l’époque, je m’étonnais de la solennité qui baignait dans la salle pendant les concerts. | But even then I can remember being surprised at the sombre atmosphere during the concerts. |
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