étonner

Nous nous étonnerons alors - dans le sens positif du terme, je pense - de ce que sera devenue l'Union européenne, lorsque ces pays dynamiques et fortement motivés auront adhéré à l'Union.
We shall probably be surprised - and pleasantly so - to see how the EU develops when these dynamic, highly motivated countries join us.
Nous ne nous étonnerons pas en découvrant que les prophètes déportés comptent parmi eux certains représentants de l’idéologie nationaliste, issus de la même école qu’Hananya (chap. 28).
We find - not surprisingly - that among the deported prophets there are also some promoters of nationalist ideology, from the same school as Hananiah (chapter 28).
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