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Record 1 1994-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

being able to take attacks and criticism in one's stride.

CONT

"I think we are broadbacked enough and can deal with it, if that should happen,", he says of himself and his wife.(The Times, 12 July, 1989, p. 33;1-4.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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