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pressed

/pɹɛst/ adjectif B1

En français : pressé, contrarié, enrôlé de force

  1. Under strain or deprivation. · The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.· He found himself hard pressed.
  2. Upset, bothered, reprimanded.
  3. Recruited by a press gang.
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Dans la bibliothèque

A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 47 · B2
Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 25 · B2
A RICH MAN lived near a Tanner, and not being able to bear the unpleasant smell of the tan-yard, he pressed his neighbor to go away.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 96 · B2
Dantès pressed the gendarme’s hand as though he would crush it.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 74 · C1

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