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The European Parliament has rightly been pressing for a strict definition, and has been knocking the eagerness to label all dissidents as terrorists on the head.
Le Parlement européen a fort justement insisté pour que l'on s'en tienne à une définition stricte, contrant ainsi l'empressement de certains à qualifier de terroristes tous les dissidents.
This hat has been knocking about my flat, and I haven't a clue whose it is.
Ce chapeau traîne dans mon appartement, et je n'ai aucune idée à qui il appartient.
This jumper has been knocking around my flat, and I haven't a clue whose it is.
Ce pull traîne dans mon appartement et je n'ai aucune idée à qui il appartient.
It may well be that he has been knocking at the door for a long time, waiting for it to be opened so that he can enter and eat with us (cf.
Il arrive aussi qu'il se tienne à la porte et qu'il frappe, attendant que la porte lui soit ouverte pour pouvoir entrer et prendre son repas avec nous (cf.
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