His role has evolved into less hired gun, and more of an intrinsic part of who the band are and what they stand for.
to capture the value
Il amène de la vie, de la solidarité dans le quartier, un sentiment d'appartenance et d'implication dans la vie locale.
Public services have to be made more local with fewer decisions made in Whitehall.
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Общественные/государственные службы должны стать более местными с меньшим влиянием центрального правительства (UK).
translation added by grumblerGold en-ru
be supposed to have done something
Author’s comment
(Two months are supposed to have elapsed)
John Jones and his parents have their fingers in all sorts of enterprises throughout the United States.
Author’s comment
Для контекста: John Jones is a banker in New York.
At twenty he left for New York with a flowing necktie and a capital tied up somewhat closer.
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В двадцать (лет) он отправился в Нью-Йорк в свободном галстуке, развевающемся на шее и c капиталом, (где-то) привязанном поближе к телу.
translation added by grumblerGold en-ru
Les soldes, c'est pas tous les jours !
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Скидки - не каждый день такое!
translation added by Ekaterina CharrierSilver fr-ru
...And at the close, of course, he is made to retreat from sanity.
payroll charges
Author’s comment
Контекст: a cut in payroll charges was delayed until this autumn