se dérober

La nuit me dérobe à leur vue.
I have night's cloak to hide me from their eyes.
Je me dérobe pas.
I'm not backing out of anything.
Quel est donc l'art qui me dérobe au temps ?
So what is the art in making my shift go so fast?
Je ne me dérobe pas devant la publicité.
I'm not shying away from publicity here.
J'avais tant fait pour lui et voilà qu'il me dérobe ma fille.
All this time I have pampered him. Only to let him rob my daughter.
Je me dérobe, étant donnée mon incompétence (que je partage d’ailleurs avec d’autres), à ceux qui me demandent un jugement sur l’époque actuelle comparée au passé.
I avoid, not only from lack of personal expertise, the question of the comparative assessment to be given on the present moment as against the past.
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