Sans votre appui infaillible, ma mission aurait échoué.
But for your steady support, my mission would have resulted in failure.
Ils remplirent leur mission sans la moindre difficulté.
They carried out their mission without the least difficulty.
J'ai pris la tête de cette mission.
I led that mission.
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