Ils pataugent désespérément cherchant une réponse à leur problème.
They are floundering, desperately looking for an answer to their dilemma.
Les investisseurs qui pataugent à travers tout cela ne sont pas toujours remerciés pour leurs efforts.
Investors who wade through all this are not always thanked for their efforts.
Ils, heu, ils pataugent ensemble pour le reste de leurs vies. Pourquoi ?
They, er, they glide around together for the rest of their lives.
La plupart pataugent un peu et s'efforcent de faire de leur mieux.
Most people muddle through and do the best that they can.
Maintenant ils pataugent.
Now they are floundering.
Quand les flics pataugent, ils ne désirent qu'oublier.
When the police search in the dark they're the first to want to forget it.
Ils pataugent, on doit en profiter.
They're desperate right now.
Le débat a montré à quel point et la présidence du Conseil et la Commission pataugent sur le dossier.
The debate has shown that the Council Presidency and the Commission are very much at sea on this issue.
Appréciez un verre en fin de soirée dans l’un de nos salons pendant que les enfants pataugent dans notre piscine intérieure chauffée et sa glissade de 36m.
Enjoy a late night drink in one of our lounges while the kids splash down our 130-foot heated indoor waterslide.
Ainsi, à moins qu'il y ait un vrai effort d'employer la commercialisation ciblée et la promotion, ces emplacements habituellement pataugent et n'attirent pas beaucoup d'attention.
So, unless there is a real effort to use target marketing and promotion, these sites usually flounder and fail to attract much attention.
C'est devenu l'attraction favorite des Bordelais et, l'été, lors des fortes chaleurs, les enfants pataugent sur la fine surface d'eau pour se rafraîchir. Place de la Bourse et miroir d'eau
It has become the favourite attraction of the Bordelais and in the summer, mainly during hot weather, children splash about on the thin surface of water to cool off.
À marée basse, les échassiers pataugent dans la boue et entre les rochers, tandis qu’à marée haute, des navires de pêche aux couleurs vives se balancent sur l’eau entre les reflets des bâtiments entourant le port.
At low tide, wading birds wade in the mud and the rocks, while at high tide, fishing vessels colorful swinging on the water between the reflections of the buildings surrounding the harbor.
Imposant promener à travers les oies de l'herbe, des hérons pataugent dans le lac.
Imposingly stroll through the grass geese, herons flounder in the lake.
C'est le paradoxe des pays immensément riches qui pataugent dans la pauvreté.
While peacebuilding requires considerable resources, those resources could be provided by the country concerned.
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