retarder

Le Maitre retarda sa première apparition morontielle aux apôtres pour plusieurs raisons.
The Master put off the first morontia appearance to the apostles for a number of reasons.
Le mauvais temps retarda leur départ jusqu'au 25 novembre lorsqu'ils se remirent prudemment en marche dans un brouillard persistant et sur un terrain inconnu[129].
Bad weather prevented their departure until 25 November, when they set off cautiously over the unknown ground in persistent fog.
Le général retarda la contre-attaque jusqu'à ce qu'il ait reçu des renforts.
The general held up the counterattack until he received reinforcements.
Le soleil se tint immobile au milieu du ciel et près d'un jour entier retarda son coucher.
So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Mais le tremblement de terre à Iripina en 1980 retarda l’inauguration, pendant presque vingt ans après que sa construction eut commencé.
However, in 1980 the famous earthquake at Iripina delayed its inauguration almost for two decades after initial construction on it had begun.
Le péché commis sur Urantia ne retarda presque pas l’évolution biologique, mais il eut pour effet de priver les races humaines du plein bénéfice de l’héritage adamique.
Sin on Urantia did very little to delay biologic evolution, but it did operate to deprive the mortal races of the full benefit of the Adamic inheritance.
Cette réforme, qui retarda momentanément les châtiments prédits, fut opérée d'une manière tout à fait inattendue par la découverte et l'étude d'une partie des saintes Écritures qui, d'une façon étrange, avait été pendant longtemps déplacée et perdue.
This reform movement, by which threatened judgments were averted for a season, was brought about in a wholly unexpected manner through the discovery and study of a portion of Holy Scripture that for many years had been strangely misplaced and lost.
Mon avion a été retardé.
My plane was delayed.
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