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Record 1 1998-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Posing a problem; difficult to solve.

CONT

While problems of illiteracy remained, policy makers moved on to tackle child care, training, the debt and deficit, and other hot policy issues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Les problèmes de l'analphabétisme demeurent, mais les décisionnaires sont passés aux services de garde d'enfants, à la formation, à la dette et au déficit, ainsi qu'à d'autres enjeux politiques critiques.

OBS

Au sens ordinaire, l'adjectif «problématique» signifie «dont l'existence, la vérité, la réussite est douteuse» et non pas «qui pose des problèmes».

Spanish

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