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“tout entendement” in English

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Cela défie tout entendement.
It beggars understanding.
Ce pays fait montre d'une cruauté qui dépasse tout entendement.
What is happening there is a barbarism more extreme than one's worse imaginings.
Déjà, l'intitulé "Femmes et sport" pouvait laisser perplexe, mais le contenu dépasse tout entendement!
The title, 'Women and Sport', might itself have been confusing, but the content is entirely beyond comprehension!
Il y a quelques années, alors que la Chambre des communes à Londres établissait un accord qui allait effectivement mettre un terme à la guerre du cabillaud entre le Royaume-Uni et l'Islande, on l'a très bien décrit comme "le morceau de cabillaud qui dépasse tout entendement".
Some years ago when the House of Commons in London drew up an agreement which effectively ended the cod war between the UK and Iceland, it was famously referred to as "the piece of cod which passeth all understanding".

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