s'étoffer

Je vais attendre qu'elles s'étoffent un peu.
I'd just as soon wait until they come up a little stronger.
Depuis le mois de mai, les inspections s'étoffent et des amendes énormes sont distribuées.
Since May, the inspections have been ramped up and swingeing penalties are being handed out.
Il fallait que l'opinio juris et la pratique des États s'étoffent avant que la question puisse être examinée par la Commission.
There was a need for more State practice and opinio juris before the issue could be considered by the Commission.
Ces textes s'étoffent au fil des années, témoins de l'attention accrue que les États Membres portent à la question des océans et des mers.
Over the years, these texts have reflected the increased attention that Member States give to the topic of oceans and seas.
Pour ce qui est du Panama, son emplacement géographique privilégié, avec un excellent accès à l'Atlantique et au Pacifique, nous permet de communiquer de façon optimale et de mieux atteindre nos marchés, ce qui promeut nos opérations qui s'étoffent comme société technologique multinationale.
In Panama's case, its privileged geographical location, with excellent access to the Atlantic and the Pacific, allows us to communicate optimally and to better reach our markets, thus facilitating our widening range of operations as a multinational technological company.
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