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Translation of "Resserrer" in English

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Examples of using "Resserrer" in a sentence and their english translations:

- Il te faut resserrer ces vis.
- Il vous faut resserrer ces vis.

You have to tighten those screws.

Il te faut resserrer ces vis.

You have to tighten those screws.

Il vous faut resserrer ces vis.

You have to tighten those screws.

Nous ne pouvons pas les resserrer avec cela.

We cannot tighten them with that.

Et puis l'étau commence à se resserrer autour du contingent romain.

And then the noose begins to tighten around the Roman contingent.

C'est aussi l'occasion de resserrer les liens qui unissent cette grande famille.

It's also a chance to cement the bonds that keep such a large family together.

Aussi, pour réprimer leur fougue vagabonde, / Jupiter leur creusa cette prison profonde, / entassa des rochers sur cet affreux séjour, / et leur donna pour maître un roi qui, tour à tour / irritant par son ordre ou calmant leurs haleines, / sût tantôt resserrer, tantôt lâcher les rênes.

- But in fear of this, the almighty father hid them in black caves, and placed a mound and high mountains over them, and he gave them a king who, under a binding agreement, would know both to suppress them and to give them loose reins, when ordered.
- But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein.