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Une peur qui ronge en profondeur.
A fear that eats away at you from the inside out.
— Apocalypto (2006)
Et elle se ronge les ongles lors des visites.
And she bites her nails during visits.
— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Voilà le mal qui ronge l'humanité.
This is the evil that is eating away at humanity.
Mais si quelque chose te ronge parles-en.
But if something is bothering you, talk about it.
— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Les rations de nourriture ne suffisent plus, on ronge les os.
Food rations are no longer sufficient; they are gnawing on bones.
— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)
Rendre le pouvoir au peuple de Rome et mettre fin à la corruption qui la ronge.
Return power to the people of Rome and put an end to the corruption eating away at it.
— Gladiator (2000)
Il ronge le fer, mord l'acier, et réduit les pierres en poussière.
It gnaws at iron, bites steel, and reduces stone to dust.
— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)
Et quand la maladie vous ronge, le malheur n'est pas loin.
And when illness eats away at you, misfortune is never far behind.
— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)