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After years of struggling, David was longing for his big break.
Après des années de lutte, David rêvait d'une grande opportunité.
To surprise my grandson, I bought him the skateboard he was longing for.
Pour surprendre mon petit-fils, je lui ai acheté le skateboard dont il rêvait.
After a whole day walking in the rain, I was longing for a hot bath.
Après une journée entière à marcher sous la pluie, j'aspirais à un bain chaud.
And the second thing that I was longing for was some more exquisite craftsmanship and technique.
Et la deuxième chose que je désirais ardemment c'était un artisanat et une technique plus exquis.
And I was longing for several things that I wasn't getting, or not getting enough of.
Et je désirais ardemment plusieurs choses que je n'obtenais pas, ou dont je n'obtenais pas assez.
But two of the main things: one of it, I was longing for more work that was appealing to a broad public, that was accessible.
Mais deux des principales choses : l'une d'elle, je désirais ardemment plus d'oeuvres qui attirent un large public, qui étaient accessibles.
And I was struck by going to so many, one after the other, with some clarity of what it was that I was longing for.
Et j'ai été frappé en allant en voir tant, les unes après les autres, avec une certaine lucidité quant à ce que je désirais ardemment.
The beauty and importance of his crisis is that he did not yield to frustration and on the contrary he was longing for the Lord´s forgiveness.
La beauté et l'importance de sa crise tiennent à ce que Pierre ne s'est pas résigné, au contraire, il ne souhaitait que le pardon du Seigneur.
I saw how she was longing to gain control over her simple daily routines, small details that we take for granted, from counting money at the market to helping her kids in homework.
Elle avait hâte de prendre le contrôle de ses simples habitudes quotidiennes, des détails que nous tenons pour acquis, de la gestion de l'argent au marché à l'aide des enfants pour leurs devoirs.
Marta was longing to return to her dear family and her friends.
Marta avait hâte de retrouver sa chère famille et ses amis.
I was longing to get out of the hospital but I wasn't well enough yet.
J'avais hâte de quitter l'hôpital mais je n'étais pas encore suffisamment rétablie.
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