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balance

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nounfeminineslang
  1. scales
  2. balance
  3. drop-net
  4. informant, snitch
  5. the rest, the remainder

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  • Cependant sa situation était des plus pénibles, se trouvant pour ainsi dire réduit à être témoin de la lutte des Sauvages, et exposé à leurs insultes, sans pouvoir à peine, faute de troupes, faire respecter son pavillon qu'ils venaient braver jusque sous le canon des forts, et encore moins tenir la balance entre les deux partis.However, his situation was of the most difficult kind, being reduced, so to speak, to witness the struggle of the Indians, and exposed to their insults, without being able to barely, for lack of troops, to enforce his flag which they came to brave even under the cannon of the forts, and much less to hold the balance between the two parties.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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