déferler

Le capitaine a coupé les moteurs et le bateau était secoué par des grosses vagues qui déferlaient de tous côtés.
The captain switched the engines off and the high waves were rocking the boat on all sides.
Après la conclusion réussie des quatre premiers cours d’instruction clinique avancée, les gains déferlaient de l’extérieur en quantité toujours plus grande.
With the successful completion of the first four Advanced Clinical Courses, wins were pouring in from the field in an ever-widening stream.
Alors que des masses de jeunes déferlaient sur le marché du travail des pays concernés, leurs économies ne progressaient que lentement, quand elles ne régressaient pas.
At the very time when large numbers of young people were coming onto the labour market, economies were growing only slowly or even contracting.
Le week-end et les jours fériés, quand les militaires libéraient le lieu, les Berlinois déferlaient par milliers de Berlin vers Tempelhof pour y passer leur temps libre.
At the weekends and on public holidays, as soon as the military cleared the site, the locals would swarm in their thousands to Tempelhof to enjoy their leisure time.
Personne ne peut expliquer le mécanisme par lequel Pierre put marcher sur les eaux, alors que les vagues déferlaient autour de lui ; mais nous savons qu'il le fit par la volonté du Seigneur.
We cannot tell how Peter was enabled to walk on the water when the waves were rolling about him, but we know that at the command of the Lord he did it.
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