effaroucher
- Examples
Alors ne jouez pas les effarouchés avec moi. | Don't get coy on me now. |
Troublés et effarouchés, ils pensaient voir un esprit. Pourquoi ? | But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. |
Ne prenez pas des airs effarouchés, Maître. | So please, don't try to play the victim |
Alors que, dans le passé, l'UE rechignait à admettre des applications militaires, elle a maintenant abandonné ces airs effarouchés. | Whereas, in the past, there was reluctance by the EU to admit military applications, this coyness has now been dropped. |
Le plus curieux, c’est que, lorsque je commence à me montrer jalouse, ou quand je ne supporte plus la relation amoureuse, les hommes – auparavant tellement indépendants, tellement imbus d’eux-mêmes – deviennent des agneaux effarouchés. | The odd thing is that when I begin to feel jealous, or when I can no longer stand the amorous relationship, men who were so independent and so full of themselves turn into scared little lambs. |
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