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Ce que je voudrais dire, c'est que si d'aventure nous n'avions pas été capables de surmonter les difficultés qui se sont fait jour au cours du psychodrame que nous avons vécu, nous nous serions couverts de ridicule.
I would like to point out that if, by any chance, we had been unable to overcome the difficulties arising from the latest arduous discussions, we would have been held up for public ridicule.
Cette perspective me réjouit. Ce que je voudrais dire, c'est que si d'aventure nous n'avions pas été capables de surmonter les difficultés qui se sont fait jour au cours du psychodrame que nous avons vécu, nous nous serions couverts de ridicule.
I would like to point out that if, by any chance, we had been unable to overcome the difficulties arising from the latest arduous discussions, we would have been held up for public ridicule.
Nous rêvions de mariages qui dureraient des semaines, des mois, des années, où nous serions couverts de riz et de pétales de rose, où les invités dormiraient sous la table tandis que nous autres mariés aurions déjà pris le large.
We dreamt of weddings which lasted weeks, months, years, where we were showered with rice and rose petals, where the guests were sleeping under the table and we as bride and bridegroom were long ago over the hills and far away.
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