Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ravalent leurs rancœurs
English translation:
swallow their resentment(s)
Added to glossary by
Elena Robert
Mar 10, 2006 15:10
18 yrs ago
French term
France
Style et précision.
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Russian to French, and 1 more.
ravalent leurs rancœurs
French to English
Art/Literary
History
French Revolution
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Les artisans et les paysans du Bocage, que la sécheresse et la crise du textile ont privés de liquidités, ***ravalent leurs rancœurs***. D’autant que les nouveaux maîtres sont souvent plus durs que les anciens.
Les artisans et les paysans du Bocage, que la sécheresse et la crise du textile ont privés de liquidités, ***ravalent leurs rancœurs***. D’autant que les nouveaux maîtres sont souvent plus durs que les anciens.
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swallow their resentment(s)
Hornblower, Still Under Full Sail - [ Traduire cette page ]There was nothing for it but to swallow his resentment and to do all he could to earn that goodwill, diplomatically wringing advantage from his difficulties ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500712.html
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to all!"
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5 mins
Elizabeth Lyons
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Scientist / Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
conceal ("swallow") their resentment
That is what I might use here.
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sporran
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Thanks, sporran, I thought "swallow" might be too literal, don't you think???
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Peter Shortall
: or "hide", I think "swallow" is fine too. I wonder whether "grievances" might work for "rancoeurs"?
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Hide is a simpler work, yes, that works. I like grievances -- good suggestion : )
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IC --
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Thanks icg : )
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stifle their grievances
..yet another idea....
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-10 19:52:50 GMT)
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Sorry, I've had a bit of trouble delivering this answer so I hope there wont be two responses from me! I had changed it to 'stifle their resentment' I wonder if you could use either word?
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-10 19:52:50 GMT)
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Sorry, I've had a bit of trouble delivering this answer so I hope there wont be two responses from me! I had changed it to 'stifle their resentment' I wonder if you could use either word?
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remained stoic
an alternative that puts the 'paysans et artisans' in a positive perspective
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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35
bury the hatchet
idiomatic expression (72700 google hits)., including:
How to bury the hatchet and move onMaking up is hard to do. Get some info and advice on how to bury the hatchet at work and move on. It doesn?t have to fester!
It just depends how idiomatic you want to be... good luck!
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-03-10 21:25:25 GMT)
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That should have been 818,000 google hits!
How to bury the hatchet and move onMaking up is hard to do. Get some info and advice on how to bury the hatchet at work and move on. It doesn?t have to fester!
It just depends how idiomatic you want to be... good luck!
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-03-10 21:25:25 GMT)
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That should have been 818,000 google hits!
Reference:
www.ivillage.co.uk/workcareer/ survive/opolitics/qas/0,,156475_162131,00.html - 52k - 9 Mar 2006
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