se recroqueviller

Tu leur apprends à se recroqueviller et se cacher dans l'ombre.
You teach them to cower and to hide in the shadows.
Il va se recroqueviller sur lui-même et tous nos efforts auront été en vain. - C'est trop pour toi.
And I think that he could regress, and everything we've worked for could just disappear.
Je veux dire, il avait l'habitude de se recroqueviller à mes pieds, et les poignarder avec des fourchettes, mais, tel un bon moule, il grandit selon ton image.
I mean he used to curl up at my feet, then stab them with forks, but, like a fine mold, he grows on you.
Comme il est bon de sentir la pureté de la terre après la pluie ! Comme il est bon aussi, lorsque la période sèche arrive, de se recroqueviller dans sa coquille et de rêver de ce que l’on a vu !
It's great to see the earth as pure as it is after rain, and when the dry spell comes - simply shrink into your shell and dream about what you have seen.
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