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French to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / expression | | French term or phrase: être pilier | | Le système de fibre optique a peut-être du mal à démarrer, mais en attendant on continue à être pilier. |
| | | être défenseur = voorstander, verdediger | Explanation:
voir Petit Robert:
Défenseur, soutien. « le sénateur Perchot, un des piliers du radicalisme » (Aragon).
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-27 22:45:34 GMT)
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van Dale
pilier [pilje] (m.)
3 (figuurlijk)
voorvechter
verdediger, pleitbezorger
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4 hrs confidence:   être défenseur = voorstander, verdediger
Explanation:
voir Petit Robert:
Défenseur, soutien. « le sénateur Perchot, un des piliers du radicalisme » (Aragon).
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-27 22:45:34 GMT)
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van Dale
pilier [pilje] (m.)
3 (figuurlijk)
voorvechter
verdediger, pleitbezorger
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