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The royal question ( French: question royale, Dutch: Koningskwestie) was a major political crisis in Belgium that lasted from 1945 to 1951, coming to a head between March and August 1950. The question at stake surrounded whether King Leopold III could return to the country and resume his constitutional role amid allegations that his actions ...
lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing.
90. Le Silence de la mer ( French: [lə silɑ̃s də la mɛʁ], English titles Silence of the Sea and Put Out the Light, is a French novella written in 1941 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". [1] Published secretly in German-occupied Paris in 1942, [2] the book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against German occupiers.
A Bag of Marbles. A Bag of Marbles ( French: Un sac de billes) is a Second World War autobiographical novel by the French Jewish author Joseph Joffo. It tells the story of his flight, as a small boy, with his brother Maurice to escape from Nazi occupied France to the Zone Libre. [1] Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged ...
Hints About Today's NYT Connections Categories on Friday, July 5. 1. Crave or want. 2. Names of publications you can flip through. 3. Character names in movies focused on a certain secret agent. 4 ...
Sleep: About eight hours of sleep a night is critical for brain health. It allows the brain to recharge, reorganize, regulate emotions and remove waste that builds up during the day. Stress ...
Exercises in Style (French: Exercices de style), written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style.In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus (now no. 84), witnesses an altercation between a man (a zazou) with a long neck and funny hat and another passenger, and then sees the same person two hours later at the Gare St-Lazare getting advice ...
New data shows weakening in the US economy – Friday’s jobs report showed that unemployment ticked up to 4.1% in June. Credit card delinquencies and debt are also on the rise. Consumers, who ...