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  2. L'État, c'est moi - Wikipedia

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    L'État, c'est moi ("I am the state", lit. "the state, it is me") is an apocryphal saying attributed to Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre. It was allegedly said on 13 April 1655 before the Parlement of Paris . [ 1 ]

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...

  4. Disjunctive pronoun - Wikipedia

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    The natural answer for most English speakers in this context would be "me" (or "It's me"), parallel to moi (or C'est moi) in French. Unlike in French, however, where such constructions are considered standard, English pronouns used in this way have caused dispute .

  5. Après moi, le déluge - Wikipedia

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    Après moi, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ mwa lə delyʒ]; lit. ' After me, the flood ' ) is a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France , or in the form " Après nous, le déluge " ( pronounced [apʁɛ nu lə delyʒ] ; lit.

  6. C'est moi - Wikipedia

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    "C'est moi" (translates into English as "it's me") is a French language song by Marie-Mai. It is the first single released from Marie-Mai 's third album Version 3.0 . It was released as a digital download on 4 September 2009.

  7. Madame Bovary - Wikipedia

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    Madame Bovary (/ ˈ b oʊ v ə r i /; [1] French: [madam bɔvaʁi]), originally published as Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (French: Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province [madam bɔvaʁi mœʁ(s) də pʁɔvɛ̃s]), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1857.

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...

  9. Joual - Wikipedia

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    English toé: toi (from classic French pronunciation of toi) you (singular, oblique) moé: moi (from classic French pronunciation of moi) me pis, pis quoi et puis, puis quoi and, So what moé j'vo [ʒvɔ] or j'va : moi je vais au/a la I will, I am going Çé c'est It is Lé Les The (plural) Ço [sɔ] Ça That Po [pɔ] Pas Not Lo [ʟɔ] Là There