French-English translations for retrancher

abateto abate a nuisanceThe writ has abatedto abate a writ
abstractHe was wholly abstracted by other objects.He abstracted out the square root function.

count downThe sound system counted down the seconds to meteor impact.The party was counting down the days to Inauguration.
curtail
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Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
cut
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Of course the administrative load is quite heavy with small-scale projects of this kind; in other words, cutting the operating budget becomes very attractive. Les minibudgets sont à l'origine d'un différend de plus en plus profond entre nous et le Conseil, qui menace de les retrancher des crédits opérationnels. Would you please cut the cake?I have three diamonds to cut today
cut offHis parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my thesis.
deductI will deduct the cost of the can of peas from the money I owe you.
remove
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He removed the marbles from the bagThe President removed many postmasters

seize
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to seize smuggled goodsto seize a ship after libelinga panic seized the crowd
slashA slash of his blade just missed my ear.He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the teams skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goalAfter the war ended, the army saw a 50% slash in their operating budget.
subtract
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If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
take
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We cannot take refuge in the argument that general liability law will automatically cover any occurrences in this domain. On ne peut pas se retrancher derrière le prétexte qu'une responsabilité générale couvre tout dans ce domaine. They took Charltons gun from his cold, dead handsIll take that plate off the table
take awayMother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eatThe teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lessonThe new law will take away some important rights from immigrant residents
truncate
write offWhen Katya was injured, he wrote off the teams chances in the finals