ronger son frein — meaning in English
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English meaning
- smolder verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
Senses
ronger son frein is used for these senses in English:
- champ at the bit (intransitive, idiomatic, of a person) To show impatience or frustration when delayed.
- smolder (intransitive, figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
smolder — full definition
- verb To burn slowly, giving off smoke but with little to no flame.
- verb To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
- verb To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.