homme de l'ombre

Pendant la guerre, c'était un homme de l'ombre.
During the war, he was a back room boy.
Un homme de l'ombre.
He was a man of shadows.
Pardon. Je suis un homme de l'ombre.
Yeah, I'm just behind-the-scenes guy.
Un homme de l'ombre.
The man behind the curtain.
Un homme de l'ombre.
Man behind the curtain.
Je suis un homme d'affaires, un homme de l'ombre. À mon avis, les lecteurs du San Francisco Weekly se fichent de ma zone T grasse !
It's just, you know, I'm a businessman, right, I'm the behind-the-scenes guy, I don't understand why the readers of the San Francisco Weekly are going to care whether or not I have a shiny "T" zone.
Le président n'est qu'une marionnette. Son principal conseiller est le véritable homme de l'ombre.
The president is only a figurehead. His main advisor is the wire-puller.
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