une action bien légitime
English translation: surely a legitimate cause
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| 20:34 Mar 7, 2015 |
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|  Selected response from: Jennifer Levey Chile Local time: 16:37 | ||||
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| 4 +1 | Quite a legitimate act |
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| 3 | surely a legitimate cause |
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| 3 | a legitimate claim, case |
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53 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Quite a legitimate act Explanation: I think we should add "quite" but then, we should not render "action" into English as "action" |
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surely a legitimate cause Explanation: Vouloir être « reconnu » par son père, c’est aussi vouloir être « connu » de lui, une action bien légitime ? --> (very appropximately, just to highlight the rhetorical question embedded in the ST quote, starting with "c'est aussi...") The desire to be 'recognised' by one's father; isn't that also a desire to be 'known' to him? - surely a legitimate cause... |
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22 hrs confidence:
a legitimate claim, case Explanation: The use of the term "action en justice" in the first sentence makes we wonder whether the use of "action" at the end of the second sentence conveys the same sense of "action" (en justice) thus, meaning a claim, a case, rather than an "act". |
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