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attaque au fer an attack on the opponent's blade in fencing, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure. au contraire on the contrary. au courant up-to-date; abreast of current affairs. au fait being conversant in or with, or instructed in or with. au gratin "with gratings", anything that is grated onto a food dish. In English, specifically 'with cheese ...
i.e., "on the contrary" or "au contraire". Thus, an argumentum a contrario ("argument from the contrary") is an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione: from or since Deucalion: A long time ago; from Gaius Lucilius, Satires VI, 284 a falsis principiis proficisci: to set forth from false principles: Legal phrase.
"Au clair de la lune, Mon ami Pierrot, Prête-moi ta plume Pour écrire un mot. Ma chandelle est morte, Je n'ai plus de feu. Ouvre-moi ta porte Pour l'amour de Dieu." Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit : "Je n'ai pas de plume, Je suis dans mon lit. Va chez la voisine, Je crois qu'elle y est, Car dans sa cuisine On bat le briquet." Au clair ...
-n = /.n‿/: un ami ("a friend") = /œ̃.n‿a.mi/, mon ami /mɔ̃.n‿a.mi/, aucun ami /o.kœ̃.n‿a.mi/, le Malin Esprit (the Evil Spirit, colloquially the Devil) /lə ma.lɛ̃.n‿ɛs.pʁi/. There is also a type of liaison where an adjective changes its form before a vowel-initial noun: adjectives ending on -ain , -ein , -en , -in or -on ...
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Au contraire, mon ami. That's a very apt question. The penny never dropped into my head that nobody signs their own BC. On the issue itself, how can any requirement to sign one's signature exactly as it appears on any official document be fulfilled? Who ever signs their signature exactly the same way twice? I certainly don't.
Vive la rose is an 18th-century French folk song about unrequited love. "Mon ami me délaisse" is roughly translated as "My boyfriend dumped me". The song goes on to explain that he has found a new girlfriend.
Au contraire mon ami, your farewell pleases me greatly. Mainly because you always come back to try and get the last word in. Will you be able to hold it in this time? Oh, the suspense is almost too much to bear. No More Mr Nice Guy 00:42, 18 November 2011 (UTC)