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oppress

/əˈpɹɛs/ verbe B1

En français : opprimer, oppresser, accabler

  1. To keep down by unjust force. (transitive) · The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
  2. To make sad or gloomy. (transitive) · We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

Pluriel oppress · He/she/it oppresses · Prétérit oppressed · Participe passé oppressed · Forme en -ing oppressing

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Dans la bibliothèque

That night came Aunt Ellen, gentle, sentimental, wrinkled, sighing, oppressed by wealth, in to Brother Anthony at his evening paper, and began discourse on the subject of lovers’ woes.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 12 · C1
Oppress not the cubs of the stranger, but hail them as Sister and Brother, For though they are little and fubsy, it may be the Bear is their mother.
The Jungle Book, p. 29 · B2
Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 236 · B2
A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2

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