occasion

The wood of the Cross became the vehicle for our redemption, just as the tree from which it was fashioned had occasioned the Fall of our first parents.
Le bois de la Croix est devenu le moyen de notre rédemption, tout comme l’arbre duquel elle a été tirée a entraîné la Chute de nos premiers parents.
The loss of his twin sister when he was nine years old had occasioned him much youthful sorrow and had added to his temperamental problems of later life.
La perte de sa soeur jumelle, lorsqu'il avait neuf ans, lui avait causé un grand chagrin de jeunesse et avait compliqué les problèmes de caractère de toute sa vie ultérieure.
The loss of his twin sister when he was nine years old had occasioned him much youthful sorrow and had added to his temperamental problems of later life.
La perte de sa sœur jumelle, lorsqu’il avait neuf ans, lui avait causé un grand chagrin de jeunesse et avait compliqué les problèmes de caractère de toute sa vie ultérieure.
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