contenter

Quand ils durent remplir le formulaire d’embauche, ils se contentèrent de juxtaposer deux ou trois mots.
On filling out the form to ask for the job they wrote only two or three juxtaposed words.
Ne trouvant plus personne sur place, ils se contentèrent d'incendier le camp et de retourner en hâte au temple.
Finding no one there, they contented themselves with burning the camp and then hastened back to the temple.
Ne trouvant plus personne sur place, ils se contentèrent d’incendier le camp et de retourner en hâte au temple.
Finding no one there, they contented themselves with burning the camp and then hastened back to the temple.
Ils ne s'inquiétèrent plus. Ils se contentèrent de leur situation et refusèrent de se séparer de leurs églises Babyloniennes lorsque retentit l'appel.
They did not want their peace to be broken, and refused to separate from their babylonish churches when the call came to them.
« Qui êtes-vous et que fais-je ici ? » demandai-je, mais les gens en blouses blanches se contentèrent de me regarder fixement.
"Who are you, and what am I doing here?" I asked, but the people in white coats just stared at me.
Les horlogers de Jaeger et LeCoultre ne se contentèrent pas de fabriquer cette montre qui faisait la synthèse du style et de la technique.
Yet the watchmakers of Jaeger and LeCoultre were not content with making this watch, which formed a synthesis of style and technique.
Portant plus loin le regard, vers les principes universels, ils ne se contentèrent plus des mythes anciens, mais ils voulurent aller jusqu'à donner un fondement rationnel à leur croyance en la divinité.
As they broadened their view to include universal principles, they no longer rested content with the ancient myths, but wanted to provide a rational foundation for their belief in the divinity.
Malheureusement, les révélateurs se contentèrent d’utiliser la langue anglaise.
Unfortunately, the revelators were content with using only the English language.
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