éclaircir

Certaines délégations gouvernementales étaient favorables à cet amendement, considérant qu'il éclaircissait le texte.
Some governmental delegations supported the addition because they considered that it clarified the text.
Le droit international avait évolué dans un sens qui éclaircissait la relation.
While international law had indeed evolved, it provided a clearer delineation with regard to the relationship.
Le ciel s’éclaircissait.
The sky was growing brighter.
La tentative pour capturer la fonction publique en Amérique fut faite en 1943, la quatrième année de la Seconde Guerre, et fut partiellement révélée (par hasard) en 1947, quand le brouillard s’éclaircissait.
The bid to capture the civil service in America was made in 1943, the fourth year of the Second War, and was partially exposed (by chance) in 1947, when the fog was clearing.
On a beaucoup triché, justifiant ainsi des positions qui, si on les éclaircissait un peu davantage, apparaîtraient déjà beaucoup plus nuancées.
There has been much fiddling, in order to justify positions that, if they were explained a little better, would then appear much more qualified.
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