contracter

Il contracta une pneumonie et dut être opéré.
He caught pneumonia and had to undergo an operation.
Il contracta les muscles de son ventre et garda les bras sur les côtés.
He contracted his stomach muscles and kept his arms on the side.
Puis mon épouse contracta une leucémie.
Then my wife got leukaemia.
Buu contracta son estomac et sentit une sensation de chatouillis tout le long de l'oesophage.
Buu contracted his stomach and felt a tickling sensation along his esophagus.
Elle avait aussi travaillé sur un ministre qui ensuite contracta des troubles nerveux et fut incapable de travailler pendant plusieurs mois.
She had also worked on a minister who afterwards developed nervous disturbances and had been unable to work for several months.
Harris fréquentait les bordels de la ville, où il contracta la syphilis et d'autres maladies vénériennes.
Harris frequented the town's brothels, where he caught syphilis and other veneral diseases.
Son estomac se contracta et il en émana des gargouillis.
His stomach twisted and emitted gurgles.
Le 12 juillet 1989, INDECO contracta, avec Banco de Occidente, une hypothèque comme partie d’une garantie pour un prêt.
On July 12, 1989, INDECO granted the Banco de Occidente (Western Bank) a mortgage to partially secure a loan.
Oui, c'est décontracté.
Yeah, man, it's chill.
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