empêcher

Je vous empêchais d'arriver à destination à 16 h.
Making sure you don't reach your target position by 4:00.
C’était comme si je m’empêchais de dormir presque comme une trance.
It was like I was trying to keep from falling asleep almost like a really deep trance.
Je les en empêchais.
I stopped them, that's all.
Et durant la session à forte dose, j’ai visualisé mon chagrin comme un ulcère que j’empêchais de guérir afin de pouvoir rester connecté avec ma mère.
And during the high-dose session, I visualised my grief as an ulcer that I was preventing from healing so that I could stay connected to my mother.
Je les empêchais de grimper sur moi.
Keep them from crawling up all over me.
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