plier
- Examples
Elle plia les serviettes comme il lui avait appris. | She folded the towels just as he had taught her. |
Elle plia soigneusement son mouchoir. | She folded her handkerchief neatly. |
Le Saint-Siège ne plia pas. | The Holy See did not give up. |
La deuxième nuit, il prit le même chapeau et le plia encore une fois. | And the second night, he would take the same cap and give it another fold. |
Elle plia les genoux de son amant de manière à pouvoir venir s'asseoir sur ses cuisses. | It folded the knees of her lover so as to be able to come to sit down on its thighs. |
Mais le gouverneur romain préféra servir la logique de ses intérêts personnels et se plia aux pressions politiques et sociales. | But the Roman Governor preferred to serve the logic of his personal interests and he yielded to political and social pressures. |
Puis Vegetto plia son journal, laissant découvrir son visage, dont le regard était déjà fixé sur lui, comme s'il l'avait observé à travers le papier. | Then Vegetto folded his newspaper and Don discovered that his stare was already focused on him, as if he had been looking at him through the paper. |
Cleave la dentelle et le tissu principal, les plia le long du bord du mauvais côté de l'intérieur, et prostrochite à 1 cm du bord. | Cleave the lace and the main cloth, folded them along the edge of the wrong side of the inside, and prostrochite at 1 cm from the edge. |
La vieille dame gémit de douleur lorsque le médecin lui plia le genou. | The old lady groaned in pain when the doctor bent her knee. |
Allongée par terre, elle plia les genoux et essaya de se relever. | From where she was lying on the floor, she crooked her knees and tried to stand up. |
Le père Honorat se plia de bon cœur à cette décision. | Father Honorat bowed willingly to this decision. |
Le père Honorat se plia de bon cœur à cette Baie. | Father Honorat bowed willingly to this decision. |
Ed se plia de douleur lorsque le ballon le frappa aux testicules. | Ed bent over in pain when the ball hit him in the testicles. |
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