gaspiller

Peu de jours après, le plus jeune rassembla tout ce qu'il avait, et partit pour un pays lointain où il gaspilla sa fortune en menant une vie de désordre.
Some days later, the younger son gathered all his belongings and started off for a distant land where he squandered his wealth in loose living.
Peu de jours après, le plus jeune rassembla tout ce qu’il avait, et partit pour un pays lointain où il gaspilla sa fortune en menant une vie de désordre.
After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation.
La victoire de Mirebeau renforça grandement la position de Jean en France mais il la gaspilla par son traitement des prisonniers et de Guillaume des Roches.
John's position in France was considerably strengthened by the victory at Mirebeau, but John's treatment of his new prisoners and of his ally, William de Roches, quickly undermined these gains.
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