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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche

  3. Fait accompli (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fait accompli is a French phrase commonly used to describe an action that is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it. Fait accompli or Fait Accompli can also refer to: fait accompli, the blog of Nick Piombino; Fait Accompli, a racehorse, the 1972 winner of the Perth Cup

  4. Liaison (French) - Wikipedia

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    Règle de Littré. A liaison consonant should not be pronounced immediately after /ʁ/, as in pars avec lui /paʁ a.vɛk lɥi/, fort agréable /fɔʁ a.ɡʁe.abl/ or vers une solution /vɛʁ yn sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/. Plural /z/ is recognized as an exception to this rule, and various other counterexamples can be observed, like de part et d'autre /də ...

  5. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary , and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power.

  6. Passé composé - Wikipedia

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    The passé composé is formed by the auxiliary verb, usually the avoir auxiliary, followed by the past participle.The construction is parallel to that of the present perfect (there is no difference in French between perfect and non-perfect forms - although there is an important difference in usage between the perfect tense and the imperfect tense).

  7. ‘The Michael Jackson Video Game Conspiracy’ by Huffington Post

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    In 2009, they got another break: Black & White, a French magazine, scored an interview with Buxer, Jackson's onetime musical director. Buxer, who was credited on the Sonic 3 soundtrack, told Black & White that Jackson had worked on the game with him and the other listed composers.

  8. À la claire fontaine - Wikipedia

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    "À la claire fontaine" (French: [a la klɛʁ(ə) fɔ̃tɛn]; lit. ' By the clear fountain ') is a traditional French song, which has also become very popular in Belgium and in Canada, particularly in Quebec and the Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

  9. Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (DEAF) is an etymological dictionary of Old French. The lexicographic project was born in the mid-1960s and has been in progress ever since with its headquarters at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany).