Was soaking (fr. Trempait)
Translation into English
Un cerceau trempait dans une flaque d’eau.
A hoop was soaking in a puddle.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 L'insecticide dans lequel elle trempait est du "Tres Pasitos".
The insecticide that she was soaked in, it's called "Tres Pasitos".
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 Dans quoi trempait-il à l'époque?
What was he into back then?
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 Etait chaude et trempait la foule.
The rain was warm and soaked the crowd.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Comme un chirurgien qui se lave et se frotte les mains avant une chirurgie, Gould se trempait les mains avec un engagement convaincant.
Like a surgeon washing and scrubbing his hands before surgery, Gould carried out his task of hand-soaking with a compelling commitment.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Quand ses doigts devenaient trop engourdis pour continuer, elle se trempait les mains gercées et sanguinolentes dans un récipient d'eau glacée.
As her fingers became too numb to strike, she would dip her hands, chapped and bleeding, into a pan of ice water.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 Comme s'il trempait directement ses pinceaux dans la lumière.
It is as if he directly dipped his brushes into light.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1