dépouiller
- Examples
Le chasseur sortit son couteau et dépouilla sa proie. | The hunter took out his knife and skinned his prey. |
Quant aux attributs de son existence préhumaine, il s’en dépouilla. | As to the attributes of his prehuman existence, he emptied himself. |
On dépouilla vareuses et habits, on rabattit les cols des chemises, on retroussa les manches jusqu’aux épaules, et nous attendîmes là, chacun à son poste, enfiévrés par la chaleur et l’inquiétude. | Jackets and coats were flung aside, shirts thrown open at the neck and rolled up to the shoulders; and we stood there, each at his post, in a fever of heat and anxiety. |
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