surprise

If you found someone inside, well, it would have been surprising.
Si vous aviez trouvé quelqu'un à l'intérieur, ça aurait été surprenant.
The insights have been surprising.
Les retours ont été surprenant.
In fact, it would have been surprising if one of them had announced that his model was the Albanian Central Bank, with its formidable loan pyramid system.
En fait, ce qui eut été surprenant, c'est que l'un ou l'autre nous annonce que son modèle était la Banque centrale albanaise, et son formidable système de la pyramide des emprunts.
Europeans do have the 'right to work' (it would have been surprising if they did not); they have the right to take "collective action" to defend their social interests, "including strike action" .
Les Européens ont le "droit de travailler" (le contraire aurait été surprenant) ; ils ont le droit de défendre leurs intérêts sociaux par des "actions collectives", "y compris la grève".
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