oppressant

Elle sourit, satisfaite d’avoir trouvé un moyen de briser ce silence oppressant.
She smiled, satisfied with any way to break the oppressive silence.
Autour d’elle, le silence était lourd et oppressant.
The silence around her was heavy and oppressive.
Ma respiration pouvait facilement être entendue dans le silence oppressant.
My forced breathing could be clearly heard in the crushing and oppressive silent.
Mais c'est vraiment oppressant.
But, it is really oppressive.
Le désir de gagner peut être oppressant.
Well, the pressure to succeed can be oppressive.
Tout ça est tellement oppressant.
The whole thing is so oppressive.
L'appareil est bruyant et peut être oppressant.
It can get loud in there, and a little closed off.
Seulement, c'est un peu oppressant.
It can be a bit stifling though.
Débarrassé du carcan oppressant de la dictature, l’Irak a éclaté comme un barrage fissuré.
With the oppressive brace of dictatorship ripped away, Iraq has burst like a broken dam.
Feutre très oppressant.
Felt very oppressive.
C'est très oppressant.
It's a lot of pressure.
Et quand c'est le cas, ils... ils ne s'arrêtent plus, et ça peut devenir très oppressant.
And when they do, they just... they don't stop, and it can get really oppressive.
C'est quelque peu oppressant.
That's a strong drug.
C'était plutôt oppressant.
It just got really intense.
Cette structure est comme une toile sombre de l'énergie qui entoure la planète et il est lourd et oppressant.
This structure is like a dark web of energy that surrounds planet and it is heavy and oppressive.
C'est quelque peu oppressant.
That is very strong.
C'est quelque peu oppressant.
This is really strong.
La pauvreté quotidienne, un système d'éducation déficient, un environnement politique oppressant, peuvent être la source d'un engagement fanatique.
Constant poverty, a deficient education system and an oppressive political climate could give rise to fanaticism.
Mandela savait que les armes sont dangereuses lorsqu'elles sont aux mains de personnes qui veulent s’enrichir en oppressant les autres.
Mandela knew that weapons are dangerous in the hands of those who want to enrich themselves by oppressing others.
Rien de plus oppressant.
Truth be told, you're absolutely right.
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