affronter
- Examples
Elle avait affronté la noirceur, et perdu. | She had faced the darkness, and she had lost. |
Mais cet épisode avait accru l’estime pour la nonciature qui avait affronté ce problème difficile d’un point de vue purement humanitaire, sans intervenir sur le terrain politique. | But that event also created esteem for the nunciature, which faced the difficult issue from a humanitarian point of view, without intervening in the political sphere. |
Jusqu’alors, chaque pays avait affronté ses propres terroristes. Mais après le 11 septembre d’abord, et le 11 mars ensuite, le terrorisme a revêtu une dimension globale qui appelle une réponse globale. | Until then, each country had had its own terrorists, but after 11 September, firstly, and then 11 March, terrorism took on a global dimension that required a global response. |
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