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à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu"; In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu".
The "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (English title: Poem on the Lisbon Disaster) is a poem in French composed by Voltaire as a response to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It is widely regarded as an introduction to Voltaire's 1759 acclaimed novel Candide and his view on the problem of evil. The 180-line poem was composed in December 1755 and ...
Toute la mémoire du monde; Directed by: Alain Resnais: Written by: Rémo Forlani: Produced by: Pierre Braunberger: Starring: Jacques Dumesnil (narrator) Cinematography: Ghislain Cloquet: Edited by: Alain Resnais: Music by: Maurice Jarre
De la Of the (feminine), from the (feminine), some (feminine), a quantity of (feminine) té, t'es tu es you are Yé Il est He is, it is tsé (tsé là), t'sais tu sais you know je s'ré je serai I will be j'cres, j'cré je crois I believe pantoute pas du tout (de pas en tout) not at all y il he a, a'l'o elle, elle a she, she has ouais or ouin oui
The May 1958 crisis (French: Crise de mai 1958), also known as the Algiers putsch or the coup of 13 May, was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) which led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic and its replacement by the Fifth Republic led by Charles de Gaulle who returned to power after a twelve-year absence.
After the bombardment, reconstruction efforts over the following years profoundly changed the appearance of the city and left numerous traces still visible today. The French attempt to divert the Grand Alliance was ultimately unsuccessful, though Louis XIV's reputation suffered for his involvement in the destruction of the city.
Malagasy hopes for greater sovereignty were stirred by remarks given by General Charles de Gaulle at the Brazzaville Conference in 1944, where de Gaulle announced all colonies were thereafter French overseas territories entitled to representation in the French National Assembly, [9] and promised citizenship rights to residents of its overseas ...
"Tu m'oublieras" (English: "You Will Forget Me") is a song by French singer Larusso. It was the second single from her debut album, Simplement , and was released on 26 October 1998. It remains Larusso's most successful single, topping the chart of France and the Wallonia region of Belgium.