Il s'est planté à l'exam parce que c'est une feignasse.
He failed the exam because he's a slacker.
Le moniteur de ski Frattini a slalomé avec dextérité entre les auditions, mais il s’est planté parce qu’il ne s’est pas opposé sérieusement aux déportations collectives.
Ski instructor Frattini has performed a skilful political slalom between the hearings, but he comes a cropper through not having put up a serious fight against collective deportations.
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