laisser

Don Quichotte demanda qu'on le laissât seul, voulant dormir un peu.
Don Quixote begged them to leave him to himself, as he had a wish to sleep a little.
Et il aurait été infiniment préférable que l’on laissât les Libyens régler leurs dissensions internes par eux-mêmes.
And it would be much, much better if Libyans would be allowed to sort out their developments themselves.
L’un des vampires se jeta toutefois sur Nahiri, mais sa vengeance était trop proche à présent pour qu’elle se laissât distraire.
One of the vampires lunged for Nahiri, but her vengeance was too near now for such distractions.
-Tout cela n'est rien. Il valait mieux pour moi, qu'il te laissât noyer, que de faire ce qu'il a fait.
It would have been much better for me if he had suffered you to be drowned rather than do what he has done.
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