n'avait fait que, had done nothing but, etc., as

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2. firent tout leur possible, phrase : did their very best. en venir à bout. See 6, 4. [Most of our readers are doubtless familiar with the version of Grimm (Aschenputtel), in which one daughter cuts off a toe, another her heel, the mother saying to each : " Lorsque tu seras reine, tu n'iras plus à pied."]