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slaves

/sleɪvz/

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noun

Esclaves

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 ancient times, captured prisoners of war were often forced to become slaves, working the land for their captors. "

Dans l'Antiquité, les prisonniers de guerre capturés étaient souvent forcés de devenir des esclaves, travaillant la terre pour leurs ravisseurs.

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noun

Esclaves

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 :

"Because they were deeply in debt to the company store, the miners felt like slaves, forced to work long hours in dangerous conditions just to survive. "

Parce qu'ils étaient lourdement endettés envers le magasin de la compagnie, les mineurs se sentaient comme des esclaves, forcés de travailler de longues heures dans des conditions dangereuses juste pour survivre.

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noun

Esclave

An abject person.

Examples :

"The employees were treated like slaves, forced to work overtime without pay and forbidden from taking breaks. "

Les employés étaient traités comme des esclaves, forcés de faire des heures supplémentaires sans être payés et interdits de prendre des pauses.

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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, Maria and David alternate roles; sometimes Maria is the dominant one and David is one of her slaves, eagerly fulfilling her desires. "

Dans leur relation BDSM, Maria et David alternent les rôles ; parfois, Maria est la dominante et David est l'un de ses esclaves, accomplissant avec empressement ses désirs.

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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 authorities rescued the women who were being held as sex slaves. "

Les autorités ont secouru les femmes qui étaient détenues comme esclaves sexuelles.

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Un dispositif (tel qu'un flash secondaire ou un disque dur) 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 photographer set up the main flash unit and two slaves that would fire automatically when the main flash went off, providing better lighting for the portrait. "

Le photographe a installé le flash principal et deux esclaves qui se déclencheraient automatiquement lorsque le flash principal se déclencherait, offrant un meilleur éclairage pour le portrait.

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verb

Réduire en esclavage, asservir

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Examples :

"Because he believed in his superiority, the cruel overseer used his power to slave the local villagers, forcing them to work without pay. "

Parce qu'il croyait en sa supériorité, le cruel contremaître utilisa son pouvoir pour asservir les villageois locaux, les forçant à travailler sans salaire.

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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"

Placer un disque dur sous contrôle.

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