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La fourche du vélo s'est pliée quand je suis rentré dans le pot de fleurs.
The bicycle fork bent when I crashed into the planter.
La première est celle qui s'est pliée le moins sous la férule totalitaire et celle aussi qui sera la plus prompte à réorganiser ses rangs.
The first group is the one which least gave in to the totalitarian rod and which will the quickest to reorganize its ranks.
Néanmoins, la commission de la pêche s'est pliée à toutes les exigences et ce, en dépit des manoeuvres répétées de piraterie ne servant qu'à jeter le discrédit sur ceux qui en sont à l'origine.
The Committee on Fisheries made a virtue of necessity, despite the regrettable and repeated filibustering manoeuvres of the kind which lead to nothing except the discredit of those who carry them out.
La glissière s'est pliée et la fenêtre ne rentrait plus.
The rail was bent, and the window couldn't fit anymore.
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