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mettre fin au supplice de quelqu'un
put somebody out of her misery
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elle doit son nom au supplice espagnol du garrot.
this technique owes its name to the spanish means of garotting, once used as a means of execution in spain and its colonies.
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lorsque son heure sera venue, il ira librement au supplice.
when his hour will come, he will go freely towards the agony awaiting him.
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sur son aile droite, sidney govou mettait cherfa au supplice.
on the right wing, sidney govou gave cherfa the run-around.
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la plus grande forêt du monde est au supplice dans la sécheresse.
the largest forest of the world agonizes in the drought.
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ayant ainsi parlé, il alla tout droit au supplice de la roue,
and when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
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il la suivait, il allait où elle allait comme on va au supplice.
he followed her, he went where she went, as a man goes to the scaffold.
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du 19 au 25 mai, il a été soumis au supplice du "shabeh ".
from 19 to 25 may, he was held in “shabeh”.
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c'était évidemment le cri désespéré de ceux qu'on mène au supplice.
obviously it was the frantic cry of those led to the slaughter.
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mettre fin au supplice de quelqu'un (c.-à-d. satisfaire sa curiosité)
put somebody out of his misery (i.e. satisfy that person's curiosity)
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