se cramponner

Elle se cramponna aux épaules de Pierre et y blottit sa tête.
It was studded with the shoulders of Pierre and y blottit his head.
Quand il arriva chez lui, son petit garçon fut si heureux de le voir qu'il alla à sa rencontre d'un pas mal assuré, en se tenant aux bancs, et se cramponna à ses jambes.
When he reached home, his little boy was so delighted that he held by a bench, tottered up to him and seized him fast by the legs.
À ce mot le spectre poussa un cri effrayant et secoua sa chaîne avec un bruit si lugubre et si épouvantable, que Scrooge se cramponna à sa chaise pour s'empêcher de tomber en défaillance.
At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon.
À ce mot le spectre poussa un cri effrayant et secoua sa chaîne avec un bruit si lugubre et si épouvantable, que Scrooge se cramponna à sa chaise pour s’empêcher de tomber en défaillance.
At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon.
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