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Une douleur insupportable étreignait nos âmes.
Unbearable pain gripped our souls.
Je me souviens comment elle m’étreignait alors que je pleurais des larmes de joie, d’épuisement et de fierté.
I remember how she held me as I cried tears of happiness, exhaustion, and pride.
À cet instant, elle étreignait Kiora, tout comme cela avait été le cas pour Jori dans la baie.
At that moment, it was coiled around Kiora just as it had coiled around Jori out in the bay.
À la fin de la rencontre je fus très impressionnée de nouveau en voyant qu’il étreignait firmament les mains de M. Idaki Shin et dit que sûrement il tâcherait lui-même de réaliser notre concert dans la place su palais.
In the end of the meeting, I was very impressed again to see that he had firmly held hands with Mr. Idaki Shin and said he would surely endeavor himself to realize our concert at the Palace square.
Et alors la terre s'est fermée encore sur le conducteur qui étreignait une fille de lutte.
And then the earth closed again over the driver who was clasping a struggling girl.
Je me souviens de m’être senti en sécurité et malgré le fait que l’on m’ait tenu par les épaules, je me rappelle d’avoir eu la sensation que l’on m’étreignait.
I remember feeling safe, and even though I was being held by the shoulders I remember a feeling of being hugged.
Dans les moments les plus durs, j’ai senti la présence du guide spirituel, qui m’étreignait et me consolait ; il/elle n’est pas apparu(e) en tant qu’identité, seulement comme un pur esprit.
During my hardest times, I felt the presence of the spirit guide embracing and soothing me; he/she did not appear as any identity, only as pure spirit.
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