French-English translations for retarder

delay
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the delay before the echo of a soundThe mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow
obstructThey obstructed my progress.

retard
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The retard in our class needs special help.retard the march of an armyretard the motion of a ship
set backI expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhileSet it back from the road by twenty or thirty feetThe statue was set back in a niche
stallThat is why stalling tactics used to delay inquiries or limit their scope are based on a complete misjudgement. C'est pourquoi les moyens dilatoires utilisés pour retarder les enquêtes ou en limiter la portée reposent sur un calcul entièrement faux. There was a case where someone fled to the United Kingdom from France and managed to stall his extradition back to France for the crime of terrorism. Je me rappelle d'un cas où une personne a fui la France pour se rendre au Royaume-Uni et est parvenue à retarder son extradition vers la France pour acte de terrorisme. to stall an ox

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