Dervishes undergo years of training before they are able to whirl between twenty and thirty times a minute.
Les derviches suivent des années d’entraînement avant d’être capable de tournoyer entre vingt et trente minutes.
But the first movement felt strangely inert, and the whirling Bacchanale that is the finale refused to whirl.
Mais le premier mouvement se sentait étrangement inerte, et la Bacchanale tourbillonnant qui est la finale a refusé de tourbillonner.
To dress, to visit, to indulge the appetite and passions, and to whirl through the round of social dissipation appear to be the great end of existence.
Suivre la mode, sortir, satisfaire ses habitudes et ses penchants, et tourbillonner dans le cercle des distractions sociales semble être le but principal de leur existence.
When I saw the water start to whirl around, I didn't know what to do.
Quand j'ai vu l'eau commencer à tournoyer, je ne savais pas quoi faire.
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