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  2. 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 ...

  3. Clan Douglas - Wikipedia

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    Clan Douglas (Gaelic: Dùbhghlas) is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands.. Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders gained vast territories throughout the Borders, Angus, Lothian, Moray, and also in France and Sweden.

  4. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or whose meanings have diverged to the point that present-day speakers have little historical understanding: for ...

  5. Jamais - Wikipedia

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    "Jamais" (song), a French single recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. It is a French reworking of Sebastián Yradier's classic tale about a white dove, La Paloma; Jamais vu, from French, meaning "never seen"), phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seems very unfamiliar with

  6. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    Many English words and calques have also been integrated in Quebec French, although less than in France. In Quebec, borrowed English words tend to have the same meaning as the English word. In France, they often have a very different meaning; for example 'le smoking' for 'tuxedo'.

  7. La Jamais Contente - Wikipedia

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    La Jamais Contente on display at the Paris Motor Show 2018 "La Jamais Contente" Detail: rear wheel, reconstruction of Museum Autovision, Altlußheim, Germany. La Jamais Contente (French pronunciation: [la ʒamɛ kɔ̃tɑ̃t]; English: The Never Contented) was the first road vehicle to go over 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).

  8. Does Lionel Messi speak English? He’s learning, but at ...

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    Under British head coach Phil Neville, English was the dominant language. Spanish helped some non-Hispanic players connect with Latino teammates, but it never felt necessary . Then, on June 1 ...

  9. On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec - Wikipedia

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    "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" (engl.: you'll never forget anything, you live with that) is a 2003 song recorded by French artist Hélène Ségara and Italian singer Laura Pausini. It was the third single from Ségara's third studio album, Humaine , on which it features as ninth track.