hériter

Ils en avaient hérité depuis longtemps de leurs parents.
They'd inherited it a long time ago, from their parents.
Ils ne savaient pas qu’ils étaient nés pécheurs même s’ils avaient hérité du péché.
They did not know that they were born sinners even though they inherited sin.
En d'autres termes, ils étaient figés dans les mœurs et les attitudes pragmatiques dont ils avaient hérité.
In other words, they were fixed in the concrete mores and attitudes they had inherited.
Mais ils oublièrent avec le temps qu’ils étaient devenu pécheurs et avaient hérité du péché de leur ancêtre Adam.
But they forgot with time that they came to become sinners and had inherited sin from their ancestor Adam.
Les Fidji sont devenues indépendantes le 10 octobre 1970, et avaient hérité d'une infrastructure institutionnelle qui aurait pu croître et se renforcer encore pour que la démocratie puisse prendre racine.
Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970, inheriting an institutional infrastructure that could potentially have evolved further and been strengthened to allow democracy to take root.
Ils avaient hérité d'importants vignobles et de grandes olivaies dans le voisinage. Le fait qu'ils pouvaient s'offrir un caveau funéraire privé dans leur propriété était une preuve supplémentaire de leur fortune.
They had inherited extensive vineyards and olive orchards in this vicinity, and that they were wealthy was further attested by the fact that they could afford a private burial tomb on their own premises.
Ils avaient hérité d’importants vignobles et de grandes olivaies dans le voisinage. Le fait qu’ils pouvaient s’offrir un caveau funéraire privé dans leur propriété était une preuve supplémentaire de leur fortune.
They had inherited extensive vineyards and olive orchards in this vicinity, and that they were wealthy was further attested by the fact that they could afford a private burial tomb on their own premises.
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