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En forçant le trait

English translation: stretching the argument/taking the argument further

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French term or phrase:	En forçant le trait
English translation:	stretching the argument/taking the argument further
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15:43 Aug 4, 2007

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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / history

French term or phrase: En forçant le trait

En forçant le trait, nous soutenons toutefois que malgré cette diversité des acteurs, des règles et des enjeux qui varient d'un canton à l'autre, les formes de division du travail politique qui émergent dans les années 1830 persisteront grosso modo

stevenharper KudoZ activity Questions: 26 (6 open) Answers: 0
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stretching the argument

Explanation:
something along these lines ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-04 16:57:15 GMT)
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taking the argument further ...

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suezen
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3 +3

stretching the argument

suezen

To emphasize

Roni Osbern

{By analogy}/{Correlatively}

Carol Gullidge

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1 hr confidence:

{By analogy}/{Correlatively}

Explanation:
perhaps an "academic" way of expressing it (?), if this is for an academic paper/article

(sorry, I'm currently embroiled in an academic paper on social psychology , and can't get it out of the system!)

Carol Gullidge
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peer agreement (net): +3

stretching the argument

suezen
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2 hrs confidence:

To emphasize

Explanation:
I see this more as emphasizing an already developed point. I don't see any support for extending or elaborating upon an already developed argument. This is often a phrase used in a last paragraph when summarizing an argument.

A literal translation might be 'to highlight' or 'type in boldface.'

Roni Osbern
United States
Local time: 14:43
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Aug 19, 2007 - Changes made by suezen:
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