se couvrir

Lorsque les sages pieux priaient, ils se couvraient la tête.
When the wise faithful were praying, they covered their heads.
Pourquoi ont-ils fait ça ? Ils se couvraient.
Yeah, why would they do that?
Les séraphins se couvraient autant que possible, reconnaissant ainsi leur indignité en présence du Dieu saint.
The seraphim stood covered, as if concealing themselves as much as possible, in recognition of their unworthiness in the presence of the Holy One.
Ils portaient des chapeaux et certains se couvraient les bras, mais ce n'était pas nécessaire et ce n'était pas jugé néfaste de passer beaucoup d'heures au soleil.
They wore hats and some covered their arms, but it was necessary and not deemed to be detrimental to spend many hours in the sun.
Comme un signe de leur statut social d’élites, certains hommes se couvraient la tête lorsqu’ils conduisaient les réunions de culte, de la même manière qu’ils le faisaient autrefois dans leur paganisme passé.
As a sign of their elite social status some men were covering their heads when they led in gathered worship as they had done in paganism.
Suivant le déroulement de la guerre bataille par bataille, étudiant les cartes du Vietnam qui se couvraient d’un nombre croissant de drapeaux aux couleurs du FNL, nous étions enthousiastes et gonflés à bloc, de Berkeley à Berlin, en passant par Paris et Rome.
Following the course of the war battle by battle, studying the maps of Vietnam that were covered with an increasing number of flags in the colours of the NLF, we were pumped up with enthusiasm, from Berkeley to Berlin, from Paris to Rome.
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