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be still

French translation: ne cesser de bouger

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English term or phrase:be still
French translation:ne cesser de bouger
Entered by: jenny morenos

22:56 Jun 19, 2020
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: be still
hi. How can still be translated here please ? thank you

there was that huge bomb that looked like a circle bomb ; it looked like some parachute ; they put it into the water and little bombs came out , the size of it ; they were going in all directions ; the Christian was afraid that the humans that survived would die because it wasn't that far from them ; she said = ! oh, they may get hit again! ; they survived, but they might actually get killed twice ; this thing was like a circle and there was bombs all around it that were coming out of this circle ; the circle thing was not still ; it was some kind of parachute , like some kind of fabric ; it had a hard part at the bottom of it that hit ; the water was hard ; almost like square like 

 il y avait une énorme bombe qui ressemblait à une bombe circulaire ; elle ressemblait à un parachute ; ils l'ont mise dans l'eau et des petites bombes en sont sorties, d ’ la taille de cette bombe ; ils allaient dans toutes les directions ; la Chrétienne avait peur que les humains qui ont survécu meurent, parce que ce n'était pas si loin d'eux ; elle a dit = oh, ils pourraient être touchés à nouveau ! ; ils ont survécu, maisils pourraient en fait être tués deux fois ; cette chose était commeun cercle et il y avait des bombes tout autour qui sortaient de ce cercle ; la chose en cercle étaitpas immobile ?  ne cessait jamais debouger ? ne restait pas tranquille ? ; c'était une sorte de parachute , comme une sorte de tissu ; il y avait une partie dure au fond du parachute ,qui frappait ; l'eau était dure ; elle ressemblait à un carré

the circle thing was not still 

la chose en cercle était pas immobile 

ne cessait jamais debouger 

ne restait pas tranquille 
jenny morenos
France
cesser de bouger
Explanation:
ne cessait de bouger

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Note added at 18 mins (2020-06-19 23:15:38 GMT)
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ne cessait pas de bouger

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-06-19 23:19:40 GMT)
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"still" in this case means ""not moving (or making a sound)"
Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:16
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1cesser de bouger
David Hollywood
4n'était pas immobile
Pierre POUSSIN


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cesser de bouger


Explanation:
ne cessait de bouger

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Note added at 18 mins (2020-06-19 23:15:38 GMT)
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ne cessait pas de bouger

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-06-19 23:19:40 GMT)
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"still" in this case means ""not moving (or making a sound)"

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you so much for helping me !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  katsy: I would prefer "ne cessait de bouger". The translation of the Biblical verse 'be still and know that I am God' (Psalm 46) is often in French, a simple "arrêtez"
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
n'était pas immobile


Explanation:
Ça fait penser vaguement à une "roue de feu d'artifice"...

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 17:16
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 200
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you so much for helpin me

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