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

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Il serra soudainement ses bras autour d'elle. He suddenly tightened his arm around her.
Serre les dents, je te prie. Clench your teeth, please.
Il se serra la ceinture pendant de nombreuses années afin d'économiser de l'argent. He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
Le budget du gouvernement est vraiment serré. The government finances are severely squeezed.
Les petites affaires (entreprises) devront se serrer la ceinture pour survivre. Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
Serrez les dents, je vous prie. Clench your teeth, please.
Les passagers sont serrés comme des sardines dans les autobus urbains. Passengers are packed in like sardines on city buses.
Donnez-moi vos pauvres, vos exténués, qui en rangs serrés aspirent à vivre libres. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Et tous ceux qui regardent ce soir d'au-delà nos côtes, des parlements et des palais, à ceux qui sont serrés autour des radios dans les coins perdus du monde, nos histoires sont singulières, mais notre destin est partagé et une nouvelle aube de la gouvernance étasunienne est à portée de main. And all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
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