refuser

to refuse

Ils voulurent me ramener à la maison... mais je refusai.	They warmed me and offered to take me home... but I refused.
Je refusai son invitation à dîner.	I declined his invitation to dinner.
Finalement, je refusai carrément de les suivre.	In the end, I flatly refused to follow them.
Mais je refusai de lire ou entendre quoi que ce soit à ce sujet.	But I didn't want to read or see anything about it.
Je refusai d’abord, puis, sans raison particulière, j’ai changé d’avis.	I declined at first, and then, for no particular reason, changed my mind.
Je me refusai à payer.	I refused to pay.
Je refusai de payer.	I declined to pay.
Je refusai de payer.	I refused to pay.
Je refusai que Rosie vive ça.	I wouldn't leave Rosie to that.
Bien que je fusse resté mal à l'aise pour un temps, je refusai de reconnaître la visitation divine.	Although I remained uneasy for some time, I refused to recognize the divine visitation.
Je refusai.	I didn't eat it.
Je refusai et je la menaçai d’alerter le voisinage et de prévenir ma maman si elle osait me toucher.	I refused and threatened to alert the neighbours and tell my mom if she dared.
"Je refusai aussi.	I didn't want that either.
Lorsque je modifiai mon régime, je refusai de m’abandonner à l’appétit et de lui permettre de me dominer.	When making these changes in my diet, I refused to yield to taste, and let that govern me.
Je ressentais l'eau sur ma peau comme des aiguilles et pendant des années, je refusai de me laver.	The feel of water on my skin was like pins and needles, and so for years, I refused to shower.
Je demandai pardon, et leur dis que j'avais des responsabilités au Canada, que j'étais honoré par la suggestion, mais que je la refusai avec respect.	I asked forgiveness, but I had responsibilities back in Canada, was honoured by the suggestion, but respectfully declined.