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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / business news | | French term or phrase: laisser la bride | Article in Le Monde, 12/18/03, on the Executive Life case.
"Jean-Yves Haberer, ancien PDG du Crédit lyonnais. A la tête de la banque nationalisée entre 1988 et 1993, il a laissé la bride sur le cou à Altus, filiale du Lyonnais. Les autorités judiciaires californiennes l'accusent de "complicité de fraude" pour avoir cautionné par écrit l'opération proposée par Altus lors du rachat d'Executive Life." |
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 Ségolène Neilson
United Kingdom
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1 min confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 was very lax with
Explanation:
the opposite of "keeping a tight rein on"
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Note added at 1 min (2004-01-05 20:56:21 GMT)
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to \"let have free rein\"
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