ruiner

Non, je ne pouvais pas, parce ça aurait ruiné la surprise.
No, I couldn't, because it would have ruined the surprise.
Parce que si tu l'avais su, cela aurait ruiné tes chances d'être élu.
He thought that if you knew, you'd ruin your own chances of being elected.
- Ça aurait ruiné sa carrière.
It would have ruined his career.
Cependant, cinq jours auparavant, des enquêtes ont commencé sur l'effondrement de l'hôtel Watergate (le siège de la DNC), qui aurait ruiné Nixon.
However, 5 days prior, investigations began into the Watergate Hotel break-in (the DNC's headquarters), which would come to ruin Nixon.
La position du Conseil aurait ruiné la protection en matière de temps de travail et aurait constitué une menace pour le développement de la vie professionnelle en Europe.
The Council's position would have wrecked working time protection and would have been a threat to the development of work life in Europe.
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