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a second fiddle

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un second couteau

Last Update: 2020-08-04
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fiddle

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fiddle

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hugo lloris is second fiddle in the national side.

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hugo lloris numéro deux en équipe de france. qu'en pensez-vous?

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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they appear destined to play second fiddle from now on.

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ils semblent appelés à jouer désormais les seconds violons.

Last Update: 2015-05-14
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it played second fiddle to the rush to get agreement on the euro.

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elle n' a par ailleurs joué qu' un rôle secondaire dans la course à l' accord sur l' euro.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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in other words, cohesion is playing second fiddle to competition.

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en d’ autres termes, la cohésion joue les seconds rôles derrière la concurrence.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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the rights of workers are playing second fiddle to the interests of employers.

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les droits des travailleurs sont relégués au second plan au profit des intérêts des employeurs.

Last Update: 2012-03-22
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they cannot bear playing second fiddle and think only of themselves and never of others.

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ils ne supportent pas de jourer un rôle de second plan et ils ne pensent qu’à eux-mêmes sans s’occuper des autres.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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all season long, the truro bearcats played second fiddle to the summerside western capitals.

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tout au long de la saison, les bearcats de truro ont joué un rôle de second plan derrière les western capitals de summerside.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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as a result, they habitually "played second fiddle" and did not stretch themselves.

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ils jouaient donc généralement les « seconds violons », évitant de mobiliser leurs forces.

Last Update: 2015-05-14
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such is the case of the european social fund, which plays second fiddle to the european employment strategy.

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d'une part, nous interdisons à l'impopulaire plombier polonais d'exercer de l'autre côté de l'ancien rideau de fer, de peur qu'il prouve qu'il est possible de travailler 40 heures par semaine.

Last Update: 2008-03-04
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to require departments to work horizontally means that every department will have to be prepared to lay second fiddle at times.

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obliger les ministères à travailler en collaboration revient à les contraindre à accepter à jouer de temps à autre un rôle secondaire.

Last Update: 2015-05-14
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exercise and dietary modification are inexpensive and effective therapies for type 2 diabetes, but often play second fiddle to pharmacotherapies.

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l'exercice et un changement de régime alimentaire sont des thérapies bon marché et efficaces pour le diabète de type ii, mais elles sont souvent ignorées au profit des pharmacothérapies.

Last Update: 2015-05-14
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what is happening is that, although european companies join forces with their american counterparts, they play second fiddle to the americans.

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l' on constate que les compagnies européennes forment des alliances avec les compagnies américaines, certes, mais que le rôle qu' elles jouent dans ces alliances est moins important que celui des américaines.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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much has been achieved, though justice and freedom still play second fiddle to security, to the european union 's discredit.

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beaucoup de résultats ont été obtenus, même si la justice et la liberté jouent toujours les seconds rôles par rapport à la sécurité, au discrédit de l' union européenne.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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it is no longer playing second fiddle to the members of the so-called luxembourg club if one considers the number of concluded negotiation chapters.

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si l' on regarde le nombre de chapitres de négociation clos, l' on se rend compte qu' il n' est plus en retard par rapport aux membres du fameux club de luxembourg.

Last Update: 2012-03-22
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the cerebral aspect of these productions plays second fiddle to the raw, sensual appeal of the performer whose personal image is broadcast to a mass audience.

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l'aspect cérébral ces du violon de jeux deuxièmes de productions à l'appel cru et sensuel de l'interprète dont l'image personnelle est émission à une assistance de masse.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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indeed, china had shunned japan’s 1997 proposal to create an asian monetary fund precisely because it worried that it would play second fiddle.

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la chine avait boudé la proposition du japon de 1997 de créer un fond monétaire asiatique précisément car elle était inquiète de n’y avoir qu’un rôle de second ordre.

Last Update: 2015-05-18
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mr president, often it seems that education plays second fiddle to the issues of market liberalisation, technological innovation and indeed the promotion of telecommunications and entrepreneurial infrastructure.

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monsieur le président, souvent, il semble que l' éducation tient le second rôle dans les questions de libéralisation du marché, d' innovation technologique, mais aussi sur le plan de la promotion des télécommunications et des infrastructures entrepreneuriales.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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we know that the vast majority of europeans live in cities, and, until now, these matters, as far as cities specifically are concerned, have played second fiddle.

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nous savons que la grande majorité des européens vivent dans les villes et que jusqu' à maintenant, ce sont surtout les villes qui ont été" les parents pauvres" en la matière.

Last Update: 2012-03-21
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