acquire

Previously when cannabis users were acquiring cannabis they would get exposed to many other drugs, soft and hard.
Auparavant, quand les consommateurs de cannabis obtenaient du cannabis, ils étaients exposés à plusieurs autres drogues, douces et dures.
Had the gentility to keep all the doves to us that we were acquiring, and later he was in charge to send them to Spain.
A eu la gentillesse de nous garder toutes les colombes que nous acquérions, et il se chargeait ensuite de les envoyer à l'Espagne.
From a certain distance the figures of the intrepid visitors who were stopping in front of the prodigy, were acquiring giant dimensions and the credulous stop in front to be photographed.
D'une certaine distance, les figures des joyeux visiteurs qui s'arrêtaient face au prodige, prenaient des dimensions gigantesques et les crédules se plaçaient devant pour se photographier.
Many participants noted that developing countries were acquiring a growing weight in the international trade arena and in the World Trade Organization; this was a welcome development.
De nombreux participants ont relevé que les pays en développement prennent plus d'influence sur la scène du commerce international et à l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, fait nouveau dont il fallait se féliciter.
With gradual changes of this kind, women were acquiring greater freedom.
Ainsi, peu à peu, au travers de telles évolutions, les femmes acquièrent une plus grande liberté.
Nation States had traditionally dominated history but now companies were acquiring more important political powers than some States.
Les États nations avaient de tout temps dominé l'histoire mais les entreprises étaient désormais en train d'acquérir des pouvoirs politiques plus importants que ceux de certains États.
It was then in the middle of the 12th century when the viscounts of Cabrera were acquiring the full control of the jurisdiction of Montpalau, a possession that remained until 1574.
Ce fut alors à la moitié du XIIe siècle, lorsque les vicomtes de Cabrera ont acquis le contrôle total de la juridiction de Montpalau qui a demeuré jusqu’en 1574.
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