assombrir

L'augmentation inattendue des cours du pétrole assombrissait sérieusement les perspectives de l'économie mondiale.
The unexpected rise of oil prices has created serious concerns about the prospects of the world economy.
Évidemment, ils ne pouvaient pas nous tolérer parce que nous paraissions être très contentes tandis que toute la société s’assombrissait de plus en plus.
Obviously they could not tolerate us because we looked very happy while the whole society was getting darker and darker.
Au début je ne comprenais pas de quel genre de changement il s’agissait, j’ai toutefois remarqué que le brouillard jaune s’assombrissait progressivement.
At the beginning I couldn't understand what kind of change it was, but I noticed how the yellow fog was gradually darkening.
Le sapin orné de petits drapeaux de papier des différentes nations symbolise l’espoir de l’entente des peuples à une époque où l’horizon politique s’assombrissait déjà.
The tree with tiny paper flags of various nations symbolised the hope for cultural understanding at a time when the political horizon had already darkened.
Il y avait de tout cet été : opéra, théâtre, de la musique vraiment incroyable ; la lumière transformait les sons, mettait les orateurs en évidence, lui montrait les personnages qu'elle ne connaissait pas auparavant, dans leur brillante existence, assombrissait certaines choses.
There was everything that summer: opera, theatre, quite unbelievable music; the light changed the sounds, displayed the speakers, showed her the figures, she had not known before, in their glittering existence, obscured some things.
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