purent
Past historic ils/elles conjugation of pouvoir.
Mais ils ne purent en trois jours expliquer l'énigme.
And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Et pendant trois jours ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
Et les navires furent brisés, et ne purent aller à Tarsis.
And the ships were broken, and could not go to Tarshish.
Pour quelques semaines, ces gens purent être créateurs et innovateurs.
For those few weeks, people got to be creators and innovators.
Et pendant trois jours ils ne purent expliquer l’énigme.
And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
Ils purent gouverner l'Occident parce qu'ils se gouvernaient eux-mêmes.
They could govern the Occident because they did govern themselves.
Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
Now for three days they could not explain the riddle.
Ils purent revenir à Taizé en 1944.
They were able to return to Taizé in 1944.
Et pendant trois jours ils ne purent expliquer l'enigme.
And they could not solve the riddle in three days.
Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l`énigme.
And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
Et pendant trois jours ils ne purent expliquer l'enigme.
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.
Ils purent gouverner l’Occident parce qu’ils se gouvernaient eux-mêmes.
They could govern the Occident because they did govern themselves.
Les nazis purent prendre le pouvoir pratiquement sans combat.
The Nazis were able to take power almost without a struggle.
Les parents ne purent pas s’occuper de l’enfant.
The parents could not take care of the child.
Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
But they could not tell the riddle in three days.
Et ses enfants purent de nouveau chanter et danser.
And her children could sing and dance once more.
Ainsi nous voyons qu'ils n'y purent entrer à cause de leur incrédulité.
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
And they could not solve the riddle in three days.
Et pendant trois jours ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
For three days they could not give the answer.
Pendant trois jours, ils ne purent expliquer l'énigme.
For three days they could not give the answer.
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