déconseiller

Le professeur de physique Philipp von Jolly lui déconseilla pourtant l’étude de sa discipline.
Except that the professor of physics, Philipp von Jolly, advised him against studying the subject.
Il nous déconseilla de le faire.
He advised us against doing it.
Il leur déconseilla de prêcher en public, mais leur expliqua que, plus tard, il leur permettrait de prêcher en public. Pour l’instant et pour bien des raisons, il désirait les voir acquérir une expérience pratique dans leurs rapports personnels avec leurs semblables.
He went on to explain that later he would permit them to preach in public, but that for a season, and for many reasons, he desired them to acquire practical experience in dealing personally with their fellow men.
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