frotter

Cependant, si la situation était inversée, j'imagine bien que la Commission se frotterait les mains avec joie à la perspective de l'affaiblissement de la livre sterling et de Londres.
But, if the shoe was on the other foot, I can only imagine that the Commission would rub their hands in delight at the prospect of a failing pound and a weakened London.
On peut imaginer le risque que comporterait ce type d'agrégation des données pour les militants sur le terrain, si un jour elle tombait entre les mains de l'un des régimes autoritaires, qui se frotterait les mains.
One can imagine the risk that would be involved with this kind of data aggregation for the on-the-ground activists if one day it were to fall into the hands of any of the eager authoritarian regimes.
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