foreshadow

When Epictetus wrote of the need to make the best use of what is within our power and take the rest as it happens, he may well have foreshadowed a dilemma familiar to modern C Suite professionals.
Lorsqu’Epictète écrit qu’il est nécessaire de tirer le meilleur parti possible de ce qui est en notre pouvoir, et de prendre le reste comme il vient, il prédit sans le savoir le dilemme désormais familier aux cadres dirigeants modernes.
The party's staunch opposition to the project should have foreshadowed their later refusals to fund the program.
La ferme opposition du parti au projet aurait dû annoncer ses refus ultérieurs de financer le programme.
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