prendre

Nous aurions pris Lexington en un jour.
We'd have taken Lexington in a day.
S'il y avait eu une mention de cette activité fréquente (4/5 témoignages par jour pour un seul commissariat), nous aurions pris des mesures de précaution en conséquence.
If there had been a mention of this frequent activity (4/5 reports each day at one police station alone) then we would have taken precautionary measures.
Et je crois que, si vous et moi avions eu à faire ce rapport, il y a longtemps qu'en codécision avec le Conseil, nous aurions pris ici les bonnes dispositions.
Moreover, I believe that, if you and I had had to draft this report, we would have taken the right measures in this House in codecision with the Council a long time ago.
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