absorb

Also, the debt burden in many countries was absorbing valuable resources from private sector development and debt relief measures therefore needed to be given further consideration.
En outre, le fardeau de la dette pesant sur de nombreux pays absorbait des ressources qui seraient plus utiles au développement du secteur privé, d'où la nécessité de réfléchir davantage aux moyens d'alléger la dette.
It was like the light was absorbing me, my life was being shown before me, I got emotional, maybe I cried, I was ashamed, but I felt the love and knew everything was alright.
C'était comme si la lumière m'absorbait, ma vie m'a été montrée, j'ai été gagné par l'émotion, peut-être que je pleurais, j'avais honte, mais je ressentais de l'amour et je savais que tout allait bien.
At this early stage in his personal and artistic development Dalí paid close attention to everything that was going on around him and to the influences he was absorbing, always with one eye on the past.
À ce stade précoce de son développement personnel et artistique, Dalí est attentif à tout ce qui se passe autour de lui et aux influences qui s'exercent sur son travail, mais il ne peut détacher son regard du passé.
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