Definition: reprieve, deferment
Condamné à mort, il a reçu un sursis la veille de son exécution - Condemned to death, he was reprieved the night before his execution
L'argent de la vente de la maison nous assure un peu de sursis avant la faillite totale - The money from the sale of our house gives us a bit of a reprieve before bankruptcy
Related: sursitaire (adj) - deferred; surseoir - to defer, postpone, stay (a sentence)
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Condamné à mort, il a reçu un sursis la veille de son exécution - Condemned to death, he was reprieved the night before his execution
L'argent de la vente de la maison nous assure un peu de sursis avant la faillite totale - The money from the sale of our house gives us a bit of a reprieve before bankruptcy
Related: sursitaire (adj) - deferred; surseoir - to defer, postpone, stay (a sentence)
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Pronunciation: [sur see]Audio Link
