appui

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Raymond used to arm himself with the newspapers as the safest point d'appui, and the talk was happiest when it only languished, for it could do much worse Shall you be at Sirenwood to-morrow, Cecil?"

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  1. 1. A support, stay, or prop. If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland, tr. of Pliny, I. 538.
  2. In the manège, a reciprocal action between the mouth of the horse and the hand of the rider, the bit and rein forming the line of communication: thus, a horse with a sensitive mouth may be said to have a good appui, and the same may be said of the rider if his hand is good.
  3. Point d'appui (pwaṅ dap-wē´), point of support; basis; military, a fixed point at which troops form, and on which operations are based.

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  • Mali / Danemark / Dernière étape de formulation d'un appui thématique danois à la bonne gouvernance au Mali —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
  • Guinée Bissau / Banque africaine de développement (BAD) / Don de 9,24 millions de dollars en appui supplémentaire au Programme de santé —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
  • Leur bonne organisation et leur dévouement dans les activités leurs ont valu un appui de l'US AID avec l'octroi des séchoirs et une machine de collage de sachets. —  Kiva Loans
  • Somalie / L'AMISOM doit recevoir un appui financier et matériel de l'ONU Senegal / Free AIDS Activists / Eight-Year Sentences in Threatening Conditions for 9 Accused of 'Indecent and Unnatural Acts' —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
  • Durée: 3 ans Jesús A. Pérez, expert du développement rural dans le programme de développement Couverture géographique: Argentine, Bolivie, Brésil, Colombie, Équateur, économique dans la région aride du Nicaragua, explique que le principal enseignement qu'il a Paraguay, Pérou, République tiré est combien il est complexe et difficile de fournir un appui adéquat aux personnes qui bolivarienne du Venezuela et Uruguay luttent contre la pauvreté. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. French, a support, prop, from appuyer, support: see appui, v.
 

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