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Il s'était dressé dans une opposition efficace à leur emprise traditionnelle sur le peuple.
He was arrayed in telling opposition to their traditional hold upon the people.
Mon père était le clou qui s'était dressé pour la liberté, la justice, la dignité.
My father was nail who stood upfor freedom, for justice, for dignity.
La chaleur du soleil a commencé à faire fondre le mur de glace qui s'était dressé entre le sud et le nord au cours des 55 dernières années de division de la guerre froide.
Warm sunshine has begun to melt the wall of ice that has stood between the South and North during the past 55 years of cold-war division.
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