bâcler

to botch

il a bâclé la question clé.	He botched the key question.
Quelqu'un a bâclé le boulot.	Someone botched the job.
Mais il a bâclé le travail.	But he only got it half right.
La police a bâclé le travail.	The police weren't thorough.
Le restaurateur a bâclé la table, alors nous l'avons jetée.	The restorer bodged the table, so we threw it away.
Pedro a bâclé sa partie du projet et a dû la refaire.	Pedro botched his part of the project and had to do it all over again.
Ouais, et bien, il a baclé ça aussi.	Yeah, well, he botched that, too.
Maintenant que Hastings a bâclé le boulot, on doit faire quelque chose.	Now that Hastings has bungled the job, we've got to do something.
On a bâclé le tour de la maison.	We toured the other day, but way too quickly.
Vous croyez qu'on a bâclé le travail ?	You think we cut corners?
Tu penses peut-être qu'on a bâclé l'affaire.	Maybe you think he was railroaded, I don't know.
La Commission a bâclé le réexamen et a modifié substantiellement la proposition.	Instead there was very quick reconsideration, and a substantial change.
Mais demain, nous devrons convaincre le Conseil, car il a bâclé son travail.	We must, however, convince the Council tomorrow, as the Council has produced shoddy work.
Le plombier a bâclé la réparation du tuyau qui fuyait.	The plumber did a botched job of fixing the leaking pipe.
Le plombier a bâclé la réparation du lavabo, et il fuit toujours.	The plumber made a botch of fixing the sink, and it keeps leaking.