se presser

La chose principale - ne se pressait pas.
The main thing - do not hurry.
Dans les années 1740, Leinster House (qui abrite le parlement irlandais) changea le visage de la ville, alors que l'aristocratie se pressait pour construire des maisons à proximité.
Back in the 1740s, Leinster House (home of the Irish parliament) changed the shape of the city, as the aristocracy hurried to build houses nearby.
Un groupe d'employés de bureau se pressait devant l'ascenseur.
A group of office workers clustered together in front of the elevator.
Je me rappelle qu’il y avait une grande foule qui se pressait pour entrer.
I remember that there was a large crowd pressing to enter.
Le petit peuple de Florence l'aimait et se pressait pour l'entendre.
The humble people of Florence loved him and tried to follow his teachings.
Cependant, la foule se pressait autour de lui.
But as he went the people thronged him.
Elle se pressait pour recevoir des onguents.
The faithful hurried to receive their annointings.
Pourtant, dans ce pimpant château se pressait la haute société parisienne durant près d’un siècle.
Yet, for almost a century, this stylish manor played host to crowds of Parisian high society.
Cependant, le Français et les deux Américains avaient franchi l'enceinte réservée autour de laquelle se pressait l'immense foule.
The Frenchman and the two Americans had by this time entered the enclosure reserved in the center of the multitude.
Cependant, le Français et les deux Américains avaient franchi l’enceinte réservée autour de laquelle se pressait l’immense foule.
The Frenchman and the two Americans had by this time entered the enclosure reserved in the center of the multitude.
La foule qui n'avait pu être admise se pressait dans les couloirs alentour qui étaient donc très encombrés.
Moreover, so many people had been refused entry to the conference room that the corridors around it had also become congested.
Partez à la découverte du tristement célèbre Hollywood Tower Hotel, où se pressait jadis le gotha de Tinseltown, jusqu'à ce qu'un mystérieux accident n'entraîne sa fermeture en 1939.
Tour the infamous Hollywood Tower Hotel, the one-time haunt of Tinseltown's rich and famous until a mysterious incident forced it to close in 1939.
De fait, à cette époque, sous Tibère, dans tout le territoire de l'empire romain, les sanctuaires, où la foule jadis se pressait pour solliciter et recueillir les oracles, connurent une désaffection croissante.
In fact, at that time, under Tiberius, across the entire territory of the Roman Empire, the sanctuaries where formerly the crowds would rush to call upon the oracles and heed their portents were seeing a growing disaffection.
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