rabattre
- Examples
Agité, le cheval rabattit ses oreilles et donna un coup de pied. | Agitated, the horse threw back its ears and gave a kick. |
Le menuisier retourna la chaise et rabattit les clous qu'il venait de fixer dans l'assise. | The carpenter turned over the chair and clinched the nails he'd just nailed down in the seat. |
On dépouilla vareuses et habits, on rabattit les cols des chemises, on retroussa les manches jusqu’aux épaules, et nous attendîmes là, chacun à son poste, enfiévrés par la chaleur et l’inquiétude. | Jackets and coats were flung aside, shirts thrown open at the neck and rolled up to the shoulders; and we stood there, each at his post, in a fever of heat and anxiety. |
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