pound

The day was windy and the waves were pounding the harbor breakwater.
La journée était venteuse et les vagues frappaient la jetée du port.
She said you were pounding on her desk.
Elle a dit que tu frappais son bureau du poing
You know, the way you were pounding on that door, it doesn't seem like your ribs are bothering you at all.
Tu sais, la façon dont tu cognais la porte, on ne dirait pas que tes côtes te gênent tant que ça.
They were pounding the desk in the interrogation room repeatedly and forced him to confess his alleged crimes.
Ils ne cessaient de marteler du poing le bureau de la salle d'interrogatoire et ont obligé M. Mori à avouer les crimes qu'ils lui reprochaient.
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