stifle
/ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ nom C2En français : grasset
- The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
- A bone disease of this region.
Pluriel stifles
Dans la bibliothèque
All Villefort’s influence barely enabled him to stifle the secret Dantès had so nearly divulged.
Still, from an artificial civilization have originated wants, vices, and false tastes, which occasionally become so powerful as to stifle within us all good feelings, and ultimately to lead us into guilt and wickedness.
“What, again?” she exclaimed, in so plaintive an accent that it seemed to stifle a sob; “really, you pain me.”
Franz fell powerless on a chair; Villefort opened the door and escaped, for the idea had entered his mind to stifle the little remaining life in the heart of this terrible old man.
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