French-English translations for fléchir

bendI hope sufficient numbers of us will have the courage to bend a little and vote for this package and the amendments by the ELDR and other groups. J'espère que nous serons suffisamment nombreux à avoir le courage de fléchir quelque peu et de voter en faveur de ce paquet et des amendements déposés par le groupe ELDR et d'autres. If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.Don’t bend your knees.
bowDemocracy must never bow to those who at the same time, and this is something I stress, at the same time, insist on holding it to ransom, gun in hand. La démocratie ne doit jamais se montrer faible avec ceux qui simultanément - et je le répète - simultanément, de manière récalcitrante, persistent à la faire fléchir avec un pistolet en main. The musician bowed his violin expertly.The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.

conjugateIn English, the verb to be is conjugated as follows: I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, you are, they are.
decline
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The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001My health declined in wintera line that declines from straightness
flex
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flinchTo quote Winston Churchill in his last great speech in the House of Commons: 'Never flinch; never weary; never despair'. Je citerai Winston Churchill lors de son dernier discours mémorable à la Chambre des communes: "ne jamais fléchir, ne jamais abandonner, ne jamais désespérer." My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
inflect
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