they had failed
Past perfect they conjugation of fail.
Either that or they didn't want anyone to know they had failed.
Soit ça, soit ils ne voulaient pas que quelqu'un sache qu'ils avaient échoué.
How do we react to the fact that those women were murdered simply because they had failed to cover their heads or had worn make-up?
Comment réagissons-nous au fait que ces femmes ont été assassinées au seul motif qu'elles avaient omis de se couvrir la tête ou qu'elles portaient du maquillage ?
In the fifth study, 526 of the 793 patients were 'high need', since they had failed to respond to or could not take other systemic treatments.
Dans la cinquième étude, 526 patients sur les 793 inclus avaient un « fort besoin » de traitement, car ils avaient soit échoué avec un autre traitement, soit étaient intolérants à d’ autres traitements systémiques.
Sadly, the opposition, consisting largely of old Communists - whom not even their political soul mates in the Socialist International would accept as members - also used this situation for the political purposes they had failed to achieve through the ballot box.
Malheureusement, l'opposition constituée essentiellement de communistes - les collègues de l'internationale socialiste ne les ont pas encore intégrés - s'est emparée de cette situation pour atteindre par la force les objectifs qu'elle n'a pu réaliser avec les élections.
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