se replier

Le dossier rabattable de la banquette arrière, fractionnable en deux parties 60/40, s’adapte aux différents besoins, chaque partie se repliant pour former une surface de chargement plane très pratique.
The 60/40 split rear backrest adapts to different needs, with each part folding to leave a practically flat load surface.
Les Taliban refont surface et réussissent à présent à dominer de vastes zones des campagnes du sud de l'Afghanistan, ne se repliant que lorsqu'ils ont affaire à des forces supérieures de l'armée afghane ou de la coalition.
The Taliban are resurgent and now manage to dominate large areas of the countryside in southern Afghanistan, retreating only when confronted by superior Afghan or coalition forces.
Bien entendu, nous avons le choix et je sais que, pour certains, grande est la tentation de faire face à cette nouvelle insécurité en se repliant - essayer de se sentir en sûreté en relevant le pont-levis et en faisant machine arrière.
Of course, we have a choice, and I know the temptation for some is to meet this new insecurity by retreating - to try to feel safe by attempting to pull up the drawbridge and to turn the clock back.
En se repliant sur eux-mêmes, en ne voulant pas faire bon accueil aux visiteurs, ils perdent beaucoup de bénédictions.
Those who shut themselves up within themselves, who are unwilling to drawn upon to entertain visitors, lose many blessings.
Ce lent processus d’isolation – les Français se repliant sur eux-mêmes, les Allemands aussi – ne crée-t-il pas graduellement de l’insécurité pour nous tous ?
Is this slow process of isolation—the French isolating themselves, also the Germans, and so on—gradually bringing about insecurity for all of us?
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