s'étendre

Elle se serait étendue au cours de l'histoire en un clan, puis en une nation, recouvrant finalement la terre entière.
It would have expanded throughout all of history to the clan, to the nation, and to the world.
Heureusement, cette entreprise n'a pas abouti, car autrement la domination du Conseil de sécurité se serait étendue du Secrétariat à l'Assemblée générale elle-même, rendant cette dernière superflue.
Fortunately, it did not succeed, because otherwise the dominance of the Council would have been extended from the Secretariat to the General Assembly itself, by making it irrelevant.
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