Ils fuirent, mais partout, des bêtes sauvages les guettaient.
They ran through the woods, but everywhere they'd see the wild animals were waking.
Ils guettaient les chats.
They were very watchful for cats.
Les légendes du Pacifique Sud décrivaient ces mollusques comme des mangeurs d'hommes qui guettaient sur les fonds marins les plongeurs peu méfiants.
South Pacific legends once described giant clams as man-eaters that would lie in wait on the seabed to trap unsuspecting divers.
Les conditions météorologiques ont changé fréquemment, les manches étaient très nombreuses, les pénalités pour un carénage avant en mauvaise position guettaient tous les pilotes.
The weather conditions changed frequently, the heats were very numerous, penalties for a front fairing in the wrong position were waiting for all the drivers.
Tous mes familiers guettaient ma chute disant : Peut-être se laissera-t-il séduire ; et nous prévaudrons contre lui, et nous nous vengerons sur lui.
All my friends watched for my fall, saying, Perhaps he will be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Nous n'étions pas prêts à faire face aux dangers qui nous guettaient.
We were not ready to confront the dangers that lay in wait for us.
Les policiers guettaient le trafiquant dans une voiture banalisée.
The police officers were lying in wait for the dealer in an unmarked car.
Tous mes familiers guettaient ma chute disant : Peut-être se laissera-t-il séduire ; et nous prévaudrons contre lui, et nous nous vengerons sur lui.
All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Mon grand-père et mon père guettaient le passage des engins à vapeur, avant de sortir par la porte de derrière pour compter le nombre de camions qui montaient à la mine.
My grandfather and my father, when they heard the steam engine, the steam train passing, they would come out to the back of the house to count the number of trucks that were going up to the colliery
Des agresseurs guettaient leurs victimes dans des ruelles sombres.
Muggers lay in wait for their victims in dark alleys.
Ces Planeswalkers, ces « Sentinelles », étaient les enfants d’une ère civilisée et policée, totalement ignorants des dangers qui les guettaient, prêts à les tuer, ou pire.
They were children of a civilized and gelded age, these planeswalkers, this Gatewatch.
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