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L'accueil enthousiaste que la population kurde a réservé à ce Groupe a fait comprendre aux autorités turques que la rébellion était une forme d'expression violente d'un peuple à qui on nie la jouissance de tous ses droits ; il a fait aussi grincer les dents de l'opposition parlementaire et provoquer une intervention du chef d'état-major des armées, le général Ilker Basbug, qui lança un sévère avertissement en public.
The enthusiastic reception the Kurdish population gave this Group made the Turkish authorities understand that the rebellion was a form of violent expression of a people that had been denied the enjoyment of all its rights, it has also made the parliamentary opposition grinds its teeth and provoked an intervention by the Chief of Defense, General Ilker Basbug, who issued a stern warning to the public.
Ce sont là, pour ainsi dire, les premiers grincements hésitants que nous entendons avant que les grandes roues assumant un lourd fardeau puissent vraiment commencer à aller de l'avant.
These are like the first hesitant creaks that we hear before the large wheels, bearing a heavy burden, actually start moving forward.
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Je le vois d'ici s'arracher la barbe et grincer des dents.
Now he can sit there and grit his teeth in envy.
Et tu as annoncé cette merveilleuse nouvelle sans grincer des dents.
And you have delivered this wonderful news without gritting your teeth.
Regardez-le, grincer des dents, en relevant son putain de nez !
Look at him, gritting his teeth, holding onto his fucking nose!
Le jour de son mariage, il y a eu des grincements de dents.
The day she married George, you could hear teeth gritting.
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Il y a plein de grincements et de bruits venant de la salle des machines.
A lot of scratching and banging from the engine room.
Vous allez encore faire grincer cette chose?
Good heavens you are not going to start scratching on that infernal thing are ya?
Depuis qu'il est allongé dans le lit, le grincement devient de plus en plus fort.
So as he lay in bed, the scratching got louder and louder.
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Veux-tu que ton esprit soit éraflé par un grincement?
Do you want your heart to feel like it's being scraped with a rasp?
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