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Son corps a succombé aux vicissitudes et aux douleurs qui ont défié la science, à des maux que son cœur et son cerveau ne pouvaient plus commander, à des chocs politiques que sa conviction et son moral ne pouvaient plus dompter.
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Translator's Musings: How to deal with fear/ La peur et comment la dompter skip to main
How to deal with fear/ La peur et comment la dompter Oleg Kuzin 2008
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How to deal with fear/ La peur et comment la dompter
How to deal with fear/ La peur et comment la dompter Oleg Kuzin 2008
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Members from all parts crowd round GRANDOLPH to shake the horny hand of the intrepid explorer, the dauntless lion _dompter_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 Various
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-- Seigneur, je vous comprends: nous allons tout dompter.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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It may be plain that the Fr. _dompter_ (whence _daunt_) is not directly from _domare_, but not so plain, as it seems to us, that it is not directly from the frequentative form domitare.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 Various
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