attendre

Nous aurions attendu jusqu'à l'aube.
We would have been waiting there until dawn.
Si nous les avions écoutées nous aurions attendu beaucoup.
If we'd listened to them, we'd have had to wait a long time.
Nous aurions attendu de la Commission qu'elle s'adresse plus rapidement à la presse. Si toutefois les choses peuvent être éclaircies grâce ce débat, nous en serions également très satisfaits.
We would have expected the Commission to go to the press sooner, but if the matter can be cleared up through this debate, we will be very happy with that.
Nous aurions attendu de votre part que vous exprimiez votre critique contre ces révolutionnaires de gauche, qui ont recours à la violence, de la même manière dont nous exprimons la nôtre contre ceux qui, à droite, font usage de la violence.
We would have expected you to be just as critical of those left-wing revolutionaries who use force as we are against those on the right who resort to violence.
Si le Groupe de travail a préféré délibérément mettre à l'écart mon gouvernement, nous aurions attendu du Conseil une approche plus transparente afin d'éviter de tomber dans une possible manipulation par le Groupe de travail pour des raisons d'intérêt politique.
While the Working Group chose to deliberately keep my Government in the dark, we would have expected the Council to take a more transparent approach in order to avoid falling into the trap of being possibly manipulated by the Working Group for political reasons.
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