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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a long, narrow loaf of bread with a crisp crust, often called "French bread" or "French stick" in the United Kingdom. In French, a baguette is any long and narrow stick-like object, for example a "chopstick". Also, a rectangular diamond, cut to twenty-five facets. banquette a long upholstered bench or a sofa. beaucoup de

  3. Chanson - Wikipedia

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    French solo song developed in the late 16th century, probably from the aforementioned Parisian works. During the 17th century, the air de cour , chanson pour boire and other like genres, generally accompanied by lute or keyboard, flourished, with contributions by such composers as Antoine Boesset , Denis Gaultier , Michel Lambert and Michel ...

  4. Home (Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors and Bebe Rexha song)

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    The song marks David Ayer's second film to feature X Ambassadors on its soundtrack, following "Sucker for Pain" from the 2016 film Suicide Squad. The song peaked at No. 74 in Australia, No. 43 in Canada, and No. 90 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video was released on YouTube on November 23, 2017, a month before the film was released.

  5. Lyrics - Wikipedia

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    Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a " libretto " and their writer, as a " librettist ".

  6. Chanson D'Amour - Wikipedia

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    "Chanson D'Amour" (French for 'Love Song'; pronounced [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ damuʁ]) is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. A 1977 recording by the Manhattan Transfer was an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. [1]

  7. Home (The Wiz song) - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, Mireille Mathieu recorded a French cover "Chez moi" because she planned to adapt the musical into French and perform it in Paris ; this project was abandoned but this song appears on the double CD "Cinema" (Sony 2019). In 2007, Melinda Doolittle performed the song on American Idol (season 6) and subsequently released a studio version.

  8. Valentine (Maurice Chevalier song) - Wikipedia

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    The song was strongly associated with him, and his imitators use it as "an instant identification symbol". [1] Chevalier performed the song, in French, in two American movies, Innocents of Paris (1928) and Folies Bergère de Paris (1935), but to not offend American sensibilities the word tétons ('breasts') was replaced with a mysterious piton ...

  9. Passé simple - Wikipedia

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    The passé simple (French pronunciation: [pase sɛ̃pl], simple past, preterite, or past historic), also called the passé défini (IPA: [pase defini], definite past), is the literary equivalent of the passé composé in the French language, used predominantly in formal writing (including history and literature) and formal speech.