ligoter

Je me suis battue jusqu'à ce qu'ils me ligotent.
When it happened I fought until they tied my arms.
Ils ne me ligotent assez serré.
They didn't tie me up tight enough.
Nous avons de nous-mêmes tendance à solidifier et à créer des conditions de vie qui nous conditionnent et nous ligotent.
From our side we tend to solidify and to create circumstances of life which condition and tie us.
Notre nombre diminuant, je crois que nous nous rendrons plus légères, mieux capables d’abandonner certaines de ces propriétés qui nous ligotent et ces institutions que nous ne pouvons plus pourvoir en personnel.
As our numbers decrease, I believe we will become more nimble, more able to let go of some of the properties that hold us and the institutions we can no longer staff.
La petite guerre d'amendements entre le Parlement et le Conseil éclaire les nuds de contradictions qui les ligotent, l'un comme l'autre, dans leur prétention à lutter contre le blanchiment de l'argent sale sans oser toucher au secret des affaires.
The little war of amendments between Parliament and the Council throws light on the contradictions tying them both up in knots as they claim to be combating money laundering without daring to get to the heart of the matter.
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