repousser

Il a repoussé les draps. Elle n'était pas là !
He pulled back the covers, but she wasn't there.
Elle a repoussé ses avances, mais ça ne l'a pas arrêté.
She refused all of his advances, but he wouldn't stop.
Ce truc qui a repoussé, c'est juste un truc.
That thing that grows back, it's just a thing.
Il a repoussé son départ pour y assister.
He postponed his trip to be at the presentation.
Elle a repoussé jusqu'après le spectacle aérien
She pushed it until after the air show.
Dana a repoussé, personne nous a prévenus.
Dana pushed the meeting, but no one told us.
On a repoussé le siège arrière.
We pushed out the back seat a little for air.
Si, d'autre part, la société civilisée était assez forte militairement, elle a repoussé l'invasion.
If, on the other hand, the civilized society was strong enough militarily, it repelled the invasion.
Dans son chagrin, ma mère a repoussé tout le monde de sa vie, sauf sa soeur.
In her grief, my mother pushed everyone except her sister out of her life.
Le premier a repoussé.
The first one grew back.
Elle vous a repoussé ?
Did she reject you?
À sa session plénière de juin 2002, le GAFI a repoussé cette échéance jusqu'au 1er septembre 2002.
At its June 2002 plenary, FATF extended the deadline to 1 September 2002.
La Commission a pris note de ces résolutions et en a repoussé l'examen à sa quarante et unième session.
The Commission took note of the resolutions and deferred their consideration to its forty-first session.
Le Département de la gestion a repoussé 19 de ces recommandations, dont 13 concernaient les domaines à haut risque en question.
The Department rejected 19 recommendations, including 13 which addressed high-risk areas.
Le Gouvernement a repoussé la date limite d'enregistrement à juillet, suite à la réaction mitigée de la population.
The Government extended the final deadline for registration to July, following a limited response from the population.
Les tendons ont été formés sur les os et la chair a repoussé, et ils ont été couverts de peau.
The sinews were made on the bones and the flesh grew back, and they were covered with skin.
Le Parlement européen, en deuxième lecture, a repoussé la position commune du Conseil en votant une déclaration d'intention de rejet.
The European Parliament rejected the Council's common position at second reading by adopting a declaration of intended rejection.
Au XVIe siècle, la monarchie Sa'adi, en particulier sous Ahmad al-MANSUR (1578-1603), a repoussé les envahisseurs étrangers et inauguré un âge d'or.
In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad al-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurated a golden age.
Le Groupe de travail a repoussé à une session future l'examen des questions posées au paragraphe 49 du document A/CN.9/WG.V/WP.76/Add.1.
The Working Group deferred its consideration of the issues raised in paragraph 49 of document A/CN.9/WG.V/WP.76/Add.1 to a future session.
Hier après-midi, un client a repoussé un rendez-vous de 30 minutes et j’ai eu la chance de faire quelques recherches.
Yesterday afternoon, a client delayed a meeting by about 30 minutes and I got a chance to do a little research.
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