défendre

Le célèbre capitaine Blackbeard défendait son île pleine de trésor.
The famous captain Blackbeard was defending his island full of treasure.
Jusqu’en 1985 il défendait la position strictement orthodoxe et officielle.
Up to 1985 he defended the strictly orthodox and official position.
Cuba défendait son droit à l'indépendance et à la justice sociale.
Cuba was defending its right to independence and social justice.
Si votre théorie est exacte, notre tireur se défendait.
If your theory's right, our shooter was standing behind her.
Le Nautilus se défendait comme un être humain.
The Nautilus defended itself like a human being.
Défendant la démocratie autrichienne, il défendait le traité de Versailles.
In defending Austrian democracy, Henderson defended the Versailles treaty.
Il défendait activement les droits des campesinos dans la région d’Aguán.
He had been actively defending the rights of campesinos in the Aguán region.
Est-ce la même Pauline Green qui, en janvier, défendait la collégialité ?
Is this the Pauline Green who, in January, defended collegiality?
S'il ne défendait pas sa soeur, alors il n'a pas de mobile.
If he wasn't defending his sister, then he has no motive.
Le Conseil n’est pas présent, mais il défendait un point de vue similaire.
The Council is not present, but it had a similar view.
Il défendait habilement les vérités qu'il professait, et confondait ses adversaires.
He ably defended the truths that he advocated and utterly defeated his opponents.
Et mon ami Ed m'a dit que l'équipe se défendait pas mal.
And my friend Ed told me the team is actually pretty good.
On n'en a pas besoin. On défendait un principe.
We don't need any more land. We fought for a principle.
La Commission défendait alors un autre point de vue.
At that time, the Commission still took another view.
Ce n'est plus l'homme qui défendait son capitaine, il y a 12 ans.
That doesn't sound like the man who defended his captain 12 years ago.
Wicked se défendait difficilement contre trois d’entre eux.
Wicked was having difficulty defending against three of them by himself.
En théorie, Manchette défendait une conception austère de l’écriture, fondée sur un behaviourisme rigoureux.
In theory Manchette defended a stark conception of writng, based on rigorous behaviorism.
Il défendait l'un de nous.
He was defending one of us.
Ce qui l’a aidée dans la lutte pour les causes qu’elle défendait.
This helped her with the causes she was involved in.
Et pourtant elle me défendait toujours.
And, yet, she still stood up for me.
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