French-English translations for fermer les yeux

close one's eyesJim put his headphones over his ears and closed his eyesI wanna close my eyes, why dont you drive for a bit?
shut one's eyesShe was pretty, so he shut his eyes to all her faults

turn a blind eyeWe cannot turn a blind eye to such cruelty. Nous ne pouvons fermer les yeux sur de telles cruautés. We should not turn a blind eye to crimes of this kind. Il ne faut pas fermer les yeux sur ce type de criminalité. Is the government supposed to turn a blind eye as well? Le gouvernement devrait-il, en plus, fermer les yeux ?

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