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Record 1 1997-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

If you trump something that someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better ... She trumped his news by announcing that she had been picked for the Olympic team.

CONT

Were we not strongly persuaded that this case trumps our earlier instruction on market distortion, we would agree with the majority's reasoning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
OBS

ravir la vedette à quelqu'un

Spanish

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