contracter

Il y avait ensuite les actes par lesquels les États contractaient des obligations.
Then there were acts whereby States took on obligations.
Une fois de plus, c’est comme si tous mes muscles se contractaient.
Again it is as if all the muscles of my body were contracting.
Ceux qui contractaient ces prêts bénéficiaient en quelque sorte d' une bonification d' intérêts, dont l' importance pour le secteur ne doit pas être surestimée.
Borrowers received a sort of interest subsidy with these loans, and its importance to the development of the sector must not be overrated.
Les femmes contractaient le virus à un rythme plus rapide que les hommes et les jeunes constituaient le groupe d'âge qui semblait courir les plus hauts risques.
Women were contracting the virus at a faster rate than men, and young people were in the age group that seemed to be at highest risk.
En même temps, les marchés intérieurs n'étaient pas en expansion mais au contraire se contractaient du fait que le capitalisme ruinait les paysans et les artisans, réduisant leur pouvoir d'achat.
At the same time, its internal markets were not expanding, but on the contrary contracting, because capitalism ruined the peasants and artisans and reduced their purchasing power.
J'avais des vertiges et mes muscles se contractaient douloureusement.
I was dizzy and my muscles contracted painfully.
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