refuser

Si seulement je le savais. Je lui ai rendu les cadeaux et ai refusé toute réconciliation.
I returned the gifts and told her there was no chance of reconciliation.
J’ai refusé avec tout l’entêtement dont un enfant est capable.
I refused with all the stubbornness that a child is capable of.
En fait, j’ai refusé d’effectuer cette action.
In fact, I refused to carry out this action.
Quelque chose me disait d’aller y voir, j’ai refusé.
Something told me to go and look and I declined.
Avec un million d’emplois en jeu, j’ai refusé de le laisser se produire.
With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen.
J’ai refusé d’admettre avoir eu cette expérience pendant de longues années.
I stayed in denial of the experience for many years.
J’ai refusé, je voulais rester là.
I refused, I wanted to stay there.
Je lui ai rendu les cadeaux et ai refusé toute réconciliation.
I returned the gifts and told her there was no chance of reconciliation.
J’ai refusé, je lui ai dit que je voulais rester avec lui.
I told him I wanted to stay with him.
J’ai refusé de signer.
I refused to sign it.
La première fois, j’ai refusé.
The first time he asked me I said no.
C’est la raison pour laquelle j’ai refusé d’y associer mon nom.
I did not, therefore, want my name to appear on it.
J’ai refusé la nourriture, mais ai accepté une tasse de thé.
I declined the food, but felt a 'cuppa' would feel good right about now.
Ce que j’ai refusé totalement.
I refused to do this.
Je lui ai refusé mon corps, et je lui ai vendu ma main.
I sold him my hand.
Tout à coup, je me suis rendu compte de ce qui se passait et j’ai refusé de rester là-bas.
It suddenly hit me what was happening and I refused to be there.
J’ai refusé le service militaire, par choix consciencieux, mais je n’étais pas conscient de ma conscience.
I refused military service based on my conscience, but I was not conscious of my conscience.
J’avais été envoyé dans une école d’officiers de Baden, près de Vienne, mais j’ai refusé de devenir officier.
I had been sent to an officers school in Baden near Vienna, but I refused to become an officer.
Après le lycée, j’ai refusé une bourse comme footballeur et une comme lutteur pour rejoindre le corps des marines.
After high school, I turned down a football scholarship and a wrestling scholarship to go into the Marine Corps.
Ça m’a pris du temps, mais finalement j’ai refusé de servir en Cisjordanie et je suis allé en prison.
It took me a while, but eventually I refused to serve in the West Bank and had to spend time in jail.
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