suffocate
- Examples
The poor classes and their families are suffocating. | Les classes pauvres et leurs familles étouffent. |
The people are suffocating: it takes about two hours to travel five kilometres. | Les habitants suffoquent : il faut aux alentours de deux heures pour parcourir cinq kilomètres. |
If you are suffocating under the many obligations of work life, social life, family, parenting, and finances, you risk becoming clinically depressed. | Si vous étouffez sous les multiples obligations de votre vie professionnelle, personnelle, familiale, financières, etc.Vous risquez de devenir dépressif. |
The vision in which you are suffocating in front of the mirror suggests that you are struggling to live on a broad foot, but you can not afford it. | La vision dans laquelle vous étouffez devant le miroir suggère que vous avez du mal à vivre sur un pied large, mais vous ne pouvez pas vous le permettre. |
I am thinking of the most heavily indebted countries which, given the obvious failure of initiatives from international financial institutions, are suffocating, with no concern from the international community. | Je pense aux pays les plus lourdement endettés qui, devant l’échec patent des initiatives des institutions financières internationales, sont asphyxiés sans que la communauté mondiale ne s’en alarme. |
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