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brink n lit, fig ( edge) bord m ; on the brink of doing sur le point de faire ; on the brink of disaster/success à deux doigts du désastre/succès ; to bring sb to the brink of sth conduire qn au bord de qch ; to pull back from the brink of war renoncer à la guerre au dernier moment. -
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the brink — the edge at the top of a steep cliff usually used figuratively to refer to a point that is very close to the occurrence of something very bad or (less commonly) very good He nearly lost everything because of his drug addiction, but his friends h … Useful english dictionary
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