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Record 1 1987-01-15

English

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CONT

It is not as easy as the man on the street is apt to think, to find a market abroad for the surplus of a country's output. (Hansard, May 23, 1922, p. 2178.)

French

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  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Il n'est pas aussi facile qu'un vain peuple le pense, d'écouler au dehors le surplus de sa production. (Jules-Édouard Prévost, Hansard, 6 juin 1922, p. 2671)

Spanish

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