talonner

La route était très cassante et la voiture talonnait trop.
The road was very rough and the car was bottoming too much.
Il était en cavale depuis 5 jours et il savait que la police le talonnait.
Already five days on the lam, he knew the police were closing in.
Quand le jeu a repris, Sean Drake était le chipleader et Jason Baker le talonnait.
When play began, Sean Drake was the chip leader and had Jason Baker nipping at his heels.
Tout près, on retrouve Pierre-Louis Loubet et Henri Haapamaki, respectivement deuxième et troisième pour leur première sortie au Portugal, tandis que Jean-René Perry talonnait les deux larrons sur les chemins lusitaniens.
Close behind are Pierre-Louis Loubet and Henri Haapamaki, who finished second and third at their only outing in Portugal, while Jean-René Perry was only one place further back on the Portuguese gravel roads.
Dans ce cas également, le théâtre des bambocci (poupées) talonnait un genre de théâtre musical interprété par des acteurs de chair et de sang.
Here too, the theatre of bambocci (dolls) followed hot on the heels of a genre of musical theatre performed by flesh and blood actors.
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