traîner

Nous avons traîné trop longtemps dans le développement des chemins de fer.
We have dawdled far too long in the development of the railways.
Étant donné que le rapport est intitulé "i2010 : Vers une bibliothèque numérique européenne", cela signifie qu'il nous reste encore beaucoup de travail à accomplir, et à mon avis, nous avons traîné les pieds.
Given that the title of the report is 'i2010: towards a European digital library', that means that we still have a great deal of work to do and in my view, we have been dragging our feet.
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