Translation for "explétif" to english
Explétif
adjective
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adjective
Mais la recherche d'un meilleur équilibre entre le travail en public et les réunions privées aurait certainement pour résultat de redonner vie au débat public en le privant du caractère stérile dont il souffre aujourd'hui et qui est intimement lié à la fonction explétive et marginale dans laquelle il est actuellement relégué.
However, the search for a better balance between public and private meetings would certainly give a new impetus to public debate by eliminating the sterility from which it suffers today, a sterility closely linked to the expletive and marginal function to which such debate is currently relegated.
C'est le plus vieux explétif de la littérature.
It's the oldest expletive in the book.
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