pousser

Je lui ai demandé pourquoi il me poussait comme ça.
I asked him why he was pushing me like that.
Bien sûr, il poussait un peu plus vite qu'un humain.
Of course, he grew slightly faster than a human child.
La honte les poussait à cacher l’enfant à la maison.
Shame prompted them to hide their child at home.
Que cette perception était vrai ou non, il poussait les vendeurs loin.
Whether this perception was true or not, it was pushing sellers away.
Elle te poussait à prendre une deuxième épouse.
She pushed you to take a second wife.
Quelque chose me poussait à quitter la chaise où j'étais assise.
Something was pushing me to leave the chair where I was sitting.
Il me poussait à être le meilleur, le plus rapide.
He was always pushing me to be better and faster.
Ma femme me poussait à faire une offre, mais, hein...
My wife was all over me to make an offer, but, eh...
Étouffez la zone où le sumac vénéneux poussait.
Smother the area where the poison ivy was growing.
C'était le Saint-Esprit qui me poussait à arrêter.
It was the Holy Spirit urging me to stop.
À la frontière, tout le monde se poussait et se bousculait.
At the border everybody was pushing and shoving.
S'il vous poussait des ailes, vous seriez un ange.
If you grew wings, you would be an angel.
Ceci poussait les limites de la civilité.
This was pushing the limits of civility.
Elle était une fleur rare qui poussait dans la pénombre compris ?
She was a rare flower that grew in the dark, okay?
Quelque chose me poussait loin de la voiture vers la pelouse.
Something was pushing me away from the car and onto the grass.
C'était la seule façon naturelle de protéger ce qui poussait ici.
It was the only natural way, to protect what we were growing here.
Si tu savais jusqu'à quel point de perfection elle poussait la vertu.
If you but knew to what pitch of perfection she carried virtue.
Et cependant, quel besoin matériel le poussait à cet acte de dévouement ?
And yet what material need pushed them to this act of devotion?
Sa fille poussait une poussette avec un petit garçon dedans.
And she had her daughter pushing a stroller with a little boy in it.
C'est la colère qui me poussait à boire.
It's the anger that drives me to the booze.
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