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1 afford
∎ to be able to afford sth avoir les moyens d'acheter qch;∎ we can afford to pay all our creditors by the end of the year nous avons les moyens de payer nos créanciers d'ici la fin de l'année;∎ the company cannot afford any more new software la société n'a pas les moyens d'investir davantage dans l'achat de logiciels∎ we cannot afford to lose these members of staff on ne peut pas se permettre de perdre ces employés;∎ we can afford to wait another few days on peut se permettre d'attendre quelques jours de plus
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