In the last elections to the European Parliament, we did not experience the invasion we had dreaded and expected after the ten new Member States sent observers of whom only 14% were women.
Lors des dernières élections au Parlement européen, l’invasion que nous redoutions et que nous attendions après que les dix nouveaux États membres avaient envoyé des observateurs, dont 14 % seulement étaient des femmes, n’a pas eu lieu.
I had dreaded it as a child.
J’en avais eu peur en tant qu’enfant.
In the anguished days right after my confession, I had dreaded just such a discovery by my father.
Dans les journées d’angoisse qui suivirent mon aveu, je craignais que mon père l’ait découvert.
And I realised that what I had planned all along had to be done at once, the moment I had dreaded the most difficult decision of my life.
Et j'ai compris que ce que j'avais prévu devait être fait de suite, le moment que j'avais redouté, la décision la plus difficile de ma vie.
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