Je l'ai inondé de mousse pour ne pas qu'il s'immole.
What I actually did was douse him in foam so he couldn't set fire to himself.
Il a fallu qu'un jeune homme de 26 ans s'immole par le feu pour que le peuple tunisien se lève, pour qu'il n'ait plus peur, car il se sentait bien seul.
It took the self-immolation of a young man of 26 to make the Tunisian people rise up and no longer be afraid, because they felt quite alone.
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