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noun

Esclave

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Examples :

"In the 1800s, many people were enslaved and forced to work on plantations. "

Dans les années 1800, de nombreuses personnes ont été réduites en esclavage et forcées de travailler dans les plantations.

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noun

Esclave, serf

A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

Examples :

"The young man was a slave to his studies, spending every evening poring over textbooks to get good grades. "

Le jeune homme était l'esclave de ses études, passant chaque soir à se pencher sur les manuels scolaires pour obtenir de bonnes notes.

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noun

Esclave

An abject person.

Examples :

"The student felt like a slave to his endless homework assignments. "

L'étudiant se sentait comme un esclave face à ses devoirs sans fin.

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noun

Esclave

One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).

Examples :

"a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition"

Un esclave de la passion, des boissons fortes ou de l'ambition.

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Esclave

(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

Examples :

"In their BDSM relationship, Anya was the slave, willingly taking orders from her master, Mark. "

Dans leur relation BDSM, Anya était l'esclave, prenant volontairement les ordres de son maître, Mark.

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Esclave sexuel, personne forcée à se prostituer

A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

Examples :

"The traffickers forced the young woman to be a slave, making her perform sexual acts repeatedly. "

Les trafiquants ont forcé la jeune femme à être une esclave sexuelle, lui faisant commettre des actes sexuels à répétition.

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noun

Un dispositif (tel qu'un flash secondaire ou un disque dur) qui est soumis au contrôle d'un autre (un maître).

A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

Examples :

"The main computer is the master, and the external hard drive is its slave. "

L'ordinateur principal est le maître, et le disque dur externe est son esclave.

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verb

Réduire en esclavage, asservir

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Examples :

"The dictator tried to slave the people, forcing them to work long hours on state projects. "

Le dictateur a tenté de réduire le peuple en esclavage, les forçant à travailler de longues heures sur des projets d'État.

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verb

Travailler dur, trimer

Examples :

"I was slaving all day over a hot stove."

J'ai trimé toute la journée devant un fourneau brûlant.

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Placer un appareil sous le contrôle d'un autre

To place a device under the control of another.

Examples :

"to slave a hard disk"

asservir un disque dur

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