se voiler

Elle refusait d'admettre ce qui s'était passé, se voilant la face.
She's avoided the reality of what happened, denied it to herself.
L’Eternel entre dans le temps pour consacrer un homme, en se voilant sous l’apparence des signes.
The Eternal enters time to consecrate a man, albeit veiled with signs.
Nous ne pouvons pas continuer en Europe de prétendre pouvoir échapper d’une certaine manière au défi de l’économie internationale en se voilant la face tout en parvenant à maintenir notre niveau de vie et notre prospérité.
We cannot maintain the pretence that we in Europe, by retreating from the competitive challenge we are facing in the global economy, will somehow be able to hide from it and, at the same time, maintain our living standards and our prosperity in the future.
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