ascend

When a person has ascended to the highest political position, and if for whatever reason they became unpopular, there is a danger they may lose their position.
Quand une personne est parvenue à la plus haute fonction politique, et si pour une quelconque raison elle devient impopulaire, elle encourt le danger de perdre sa fonction.
A small lake form of the river lamprey that has ascended a river to spawn may be difficult to tell from a large brook lamprey except by examining the sharpness of the teeth.
Il peut être difficile de distinguer un spécimen de petite taille de la forme lacustre de la lamproie de rivière qui a remonté une rivière pour frayer d’une grosse lamproie de Planer sans examiner le tranchant des dents.
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