tacher

Non, j'ai... Écoute, je... Non, attends, et si jamais je le tachais ou...
No, no. What if I get something on it?
Dans mon cas, parce que je me suis considéré assez non bon je tâchais toujours de prouver cette évaluation fausse.
In my case, because I deemed myself not good enough I was always striving to prove this assessment wrong.
Je tâchais de ne pas trop perdre mon temps : j'étudiais, à la bibliothèque de la ville, l'histoire de l'Espagne ; j'apprenais par coeur les conjugaisons des verbes espagnols et, me préparant pour l'Amérique, je revisais mon vocabulaire anglais.
I tried not to waste my time; I worked in the library on the history of Spain, memorised Spanish conjugations, and renewed my stock of English words in preparation for going to America.
Je ne faisais pas cas à ces inspirations intérieures ; je tâchais de me distraire.
I didn't make case to those internal inspirations; I tried to become distracted.
Je tâchais de le protéger de lui-même.
Trying to save him from himself.
Je tâchais de ne pas le connaître. Je voulais aider, mais pas m'engager... parce que je n'étais pas suffisamment forte.
I tried not to get too involved... because I knew I wasn't strong enough for that.
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