dérober

Rien de plus qu'un murmure qui se dérobait.
Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.
C'est comme si le sol se dérobait sous moi.
I feel Like the carpet's been yanked out from under me.
Et là, c'est comme si le sol se dérobait.
And now it's whipped away from under you.
Il a expliqué qu'en ne prenant pas note de ce rapport, le Comité se dérobait à ses responsabilités.
He explained that, by not taking note of the report, the Committee was not doing its job.
L'influence, la puissance de la tradition, tout cela constituait un écran qui leur dérobait la vue de la vérité.
The influence of their early training, the teaching of the rabbis, the power of tradition, still intercepted their view of truth.
Il dit cela, non qu'il se souciât des pauvres, mais parce qu'il était voleur, et qu'ayant la bourse, il dérobait ce qu'on y mettait.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Il dit cela, non qu'il se souciât des pauvres, mais parce qu'il était voleur, et qu'ayant la bourse, il dérobait ce qu'on y mettait.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it.
28 Que celui qui dérobait ne dérobe plus ; mais qu'il travaille plutôt de ses mains à quelque chose de bon, afin qu'il ait de quoi donner à celui qui est dans le besoin.
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
J'ai été prise de vertiges comme si le sol se dérobait sous mes pieds.
I felt dizzy as if the ground crumbled beneath my feet.
Il était un voleur ; il dérobait l'argent, petit à petit.
And he was a thief, stealing money, little by little, from the purse.
Il dit cela, non qu'il se souciât des pauvres, mais parce qu'il était voleur, et qu'ayant la bourse, il dérobait ce qu'on y mettait.
Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.
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