carapace

Elles ont une épaisse carapace et sont réputées pour leur calme.
They have a thick carapace and are renowned for their calmness.
Il portait une énorme carapace sur lui, et semblait chauve.
He wore a huge shell on him and seemed to be bald.
Leur carapace est très fine et leur saveur très fraîche.
The shell is very fine and the flavour very fresh.
Sa carapace est si dure qu'il ne peut pas être écrasé.
Its shell is so tough, that it can't be squashed.
La carapace est composée d'un matériau biologique durci d'origine inconnue.
The shell is composed of a hardened biological material of unknown origin.
Une façade est bien plus que la simple carapace d'un bâtiment.
A facade is more than just the shell of a building.
Qui se cache derrière la troisième plus grande carapace du monde ?
Who's hiding under the third largest shell in the world?
J'ai coupé sa carapace et j'ai éventré ses frères.
I have cut its shell and eviscerated its brothers.
Vous n'avez pas besoin de vous construire une carapace, madame.
You don't have to put up a front, ma'am.
Il ne force pas l'entrée de la carapace forgée par l'ego.
It does not force the entry of the carapace forged by the ego.
Je sais ce que c'est de se construire une carapace.
Yeah, I know what it's like to put up walls.
Un manteau de carapace brillant s’étalait au-dessous des lames.
A mantle of shining carapace spread out beneath them.
Mais j'ai appris à me forger une carapace.
But I learned to build a wall around those emotions.
Il y a des pays qui n'ont pas la carapace des tortues.
There are countries which do not have the shell of the tortoise.
C'est ainsi que j'ai eu ma nouvelle carapace.
That's how I got my new shell.
Mais il y a une carapace autour de toi.
But you've got this shell around you.
La tortue peut retirer ses quatre pattes et sa tête dans sa carapace.
The turtle can withdraw its four legs and the head into the shell.
En 1965, l'entreprise produit les premiers vilebrequins moulés en carapace.
In 1965, the Company produced the first cast crankshafts using shell mould technology.
Comme nous n'avons pas de carapace, nous ne pouvons pas nous cacher.
We don't have a shell, so we can't hide.
Il se protégea derrière sa carapace.
He protected himself behind his shell.
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