Translation of "backward giant" to French

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Dictionary translations for "backward giant"

backward giant noun

pl. backward giants

le grand tour en arrière m (Sport)

Contexts with "backward giant"

For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines. Il y a longtemps, la société était fortement hiérarchisée et inégalitaire, et la partie la plus pauvre de la population, arriérée, composée principalement par des paysans, était écrasée sous le poids des impôts, des guerres et des famines.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. C'est un petit pas pour l'homme, mais un bond de géant pour l'humanité.

He bent over backward to please his wife. Il s'est coupé en quatre pour faire plaisir à sa femme.

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed". Les commentateurs ont décrit le son des vuvuzelas comme "épuisant" et "satanique" et l'ont comparé avec "un troupeau d'éléphants en furie", "un amas assourdissant de sauterelles", "une chèvre allant à l'abattoir", "une gigantesque ruche remplie d'abeilles en furie", et à un "canard drogué aux amphétamines".

He fell backward. Il tomba en arrière.

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