Usage examples of "empêcher" in French with translation to English

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Il ne pouvait pas s'en empêcher. He couldn't help himself.
Je ne peux pas m'en empêcher. I can't help it.
Il ne pourrait pas s'en empêcher. He couldn't help himself.
Elle ne pouvait pas empêcher sa fille de sortir. She could not keep her daughter from going out.
Les mères devraient empêcher leurs enfants de jouer dans les rues. Mothers should keep their children from playing in the streets.
Nous ne pûmes nous empêcher de penser qu'il était mort. We couldn't help but think that he was dead.
Vous ne pouvez pas empêcher votre chien d'entrer dans mon jardin ? Can't you keep your dog from coming into my garden?
En mer, pour empêcher le poisson qui est capturé de se gâter, il est immédiatement réfrigéré. When out at sea, to keep the fish that is caught from spoiling, it is immediately refrigerated.
Il est vrai que le comportement ne peut être réglementé, et les lois ne peuvent vous forcer à m'aimer, mais les lois peuvent vous empêcher de me lyncher, et je crois que c'est assez important. It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.
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