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142 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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142 months ago

   wrote:

to follow the footsteps of Henry Dunant/spend the evening as Henry Dunant would have spent it

My comment:

No need to be literal but this is the meaning + sense-follow the footsteps of Henry Dunant and spend the evening as henry would have spent it

142 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

to follow the footsteps of Henry Dunant/spend the evening as Henry Dunant would have spent it

My comment:

No need to be literal but this is the meaning + sense-follow the footsteps of Henry Dunant and spend the evening as henry would have spent it

142 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

set the evening on the trail of Henry Dunant, in the footsteps of Henry Dunant himself.

142 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

spend his evening in the wake of

My comment:

Etienne had decided to spend his evening in the wake of Henry Dunant, actually retracing his steps

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142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

It sounds good to me! Retracing his steps is not the same as following in his footsteps. Retracing is what we are looking for.

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142 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

spend his evening in the wake of

My comment:

Etienne had decided to spend his evening in the wake of Henry Dunant, actually retracing his steps

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