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French term or phrase:
rentré en possession
English translation:
got his hands on/received/became the (proud) owner of/was paid the princely sum of
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French term
Ana Maria Sousa (X)
rentré en possession
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l'ex garde de corps du general xxx est rentré en possession de la bagatelle de 500 millions pour cette operation
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got his hands on/received/became the (proud) owner of/was paid the princely sum of
bagatelle ia a small amount but here it is a deliberate case of understatement
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French term (edited):
rentr� en possession
has made for himself
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French term (edited):
rentr� en possession
has been allocated a meagre sum
bagatelle means trifle and a sum is often allocated for something.
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French term (edited):
rentr� en possession
was given the trifling sum of ...
for once the passive is better here in English, me thinks
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