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Et si je vous ordonnais de rester ici ?
Well, what if I ordered you to stay here?
Il faisait tout ce que je lui ordonnais de faire.
Everything I told that self to do, it did.
Il fallait qu'ils fassent ce que je leur ordonnais.
And they had to do what I told them.
Avant, si je leur ordonnais de s'asseoir... ils obéissaient.
In the old days, if I ordered them to sit... they would sit.
Après tout, ils devaient obéir quand je leur ordonnais de se montrer.
After all, they had to obey when I ordered them to show themselves.
Si je leur ordonnais de se mettre devant un train ?
If I ordered them to step in front of a train, would they do that too?
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