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eût préféré
-he/she had preferred
Pluperfect subjunctive il/elle conjugation of préférer.
eut préféré
Past anterior il/elle conjugation of préférer.

préférer

Je peux informer le Parlement que l'Amérique centrale a accepté de bonne grâce cette formule, bien qu'elle eût préféré un calendrier plus précis commençant à partir du Sommet de Madrid.
I can tell Parliament that the Central Americans have accepted this formula to a large extent, although they would have preferred a more precise timetable that began following the Madrid Summit.
M. Oyarzábal (observateur de l'Argentine) dit que sa délégation eût préféré ne pas avoir autorisé les accords exclusifs d'élection de for, qui ont été exclus d'un certain nombre d'accords du MERCOSUR relatifs au transport multimodal.
Mr. Oyarzábal (Observer for Argentina) said that his delegation would have preferred not to have allowed for exclusive choice of court agreements, which had been excluded in a number of MERCOSUR multimodal transport agreements.
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