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They knew it for he already had crushed the chiefs of the surrounding villages whenever problems arose.
Ils le savaient car il avait déjà écrasé les chefs de villages aux alentours à la suite de problèmes de voisinage.
William had crushed the Irish Jacobites by 1692, but he continued with campaigns abroad to wage war against France in the Netherlands.
Guillaume III avait écrasé les jacobites irlandais en 1692 mais il continua à combattre la France dans les Pays-Bas.
This stone, of which they were thinking and about which they would speak the next day on their way to the sepulchre, also symbolizes the weight that had crushed their hearts.
Cette pierre, à laquelle elles pensaient, et dont elles auraient parlé le lendemain, symbolisait également le poids qui avait broyé leur cœur.
Once the NATO anvil had crushed the Serbian fly, it was noted in the chancelleries that the Alliance was in fact extremely unwieldy and mostly inefficient.
L’enclume ayant écrasé la mouche, on constata dans les chancelleries que l’Alliance était en réalité bien lourde et peu efficace. On commença alors de profondes réformes.
According to the legend, this monument would be the tomb of the giant of Anthe, son of Earth and Neptune, after that Hercules had crushed him.
Selon la légende, ce monument serait la tombe du géant d'Antée, fils de Neptune et de la Terre, après quíHercule líeut terrassé.
According to the legend, this monument would be the tomb of the giant of Anthe, son of Earth and Neptune, after that Hercules had crushed him.
Selon la légende, ce monument serait la tombe du géant d'Antée, fils de Neptune Accueil Riad Marrakech Riad Essaouira
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