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  2. Zoreilles - Wikipedia

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    Zoreilles (z'oreilles, zorey) means ears in Réunion Creole, owing to a reanalysis, in a manner common to many French nouns beginning with vowels absorbed into Réunion Creole, of the liaison between the French plural article les and the noun oreilles in les oreilles (IPA: [lez‿ɔʁɛj]), 'the ears'.

  3. Palmier - Wikipedia

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    Pig's ears. A palmier (/ ˈ p æ l m i eɪ /, from French, short for feuille de palmier 'palm tree leaf'), pig's ear, [1] palm heart, or elephant ear [2] is a French pastry in a palm leaf shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called palm leaves, cœur de France, French hearts, shoe-soles, or glasses, that were invented in the beginning of the 20th century.

  4. Ear - Wikipedia

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    If they refused, as often happened, the injured party was allowed to drag them by the ear and to pinch them hard if they resisted. Hence the French expression "se faire tirer l’oreille", of which the literal meaning is "to have one's ear pulled" and the figurative meaning "to take a lot of persuading". We use the expression "to tweak (or pull ...

  5. Jean de l'Ours - Wikipedia

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    Jean de l'Ours. An artist's visualization with bear's ears. [a]Jean de l'Ours (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ də luʁs]) [b] or John the Bear, [1] John of the Bear, [2] John-of-the-Bear, [3] John Bear, is the leading character in the French folktale Jean de l'Ours classed as Type 301B [c] in the Aarne–Thompson system; it can also denote any tale of this type.

  6. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, les objets trouvés, short for le bureau des objets trouvés, means the lost-and-found, the lost property. outré out of the ordinary, unusual. In French, it means outraged (for a person) or exaggerated, extravagant, overdone (for a thing, esp. a praise, an actor's style of acting, etc.); in that second meaning, belongs to "literary ...

  7. Mom’s Cute Joke About French Bulldogs’ Ears Has ... - AOL

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    Pugs have rounded, floppy ears while French Bulldogs have “bat ears” that stand naturally straight up and are much larger than their heads. Their tails are also different: Frenchies' tails are ...

  8. Deafness in France - Wikipedia

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    DHH individuals in France may take steps in early and mid-life to be integrated into hearing society. One of the most common practices are cochlear implants, which are devices that are affixed to the structures of the ear in charge of hearing, storing and subsequently transmitting sounds to the auditory nerve.

  9. Alpine goat - Wikipedia

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    They have no set colours or markings (although certain markings are discriminated against). They have horns, a straight profile and erect ears. The breed originated in the French Alps. Mature goats weigh around 61 kg (135 lbs), and are about 76 cm (30 in) tall at the shoulder. Alpine goats can range from white or gray to brown and black.