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  2. Gaz (candy) - Wikipedia

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    Gaz dates backs to 450 years ago in Isfahan, when the sap found on the Tamarisk tree was combined with flour, bread, pistachios, almonds and chocolate in traditional and industrial workshops. [citation needed] The height of this mountain tree reaches a height of two meters and it usually grows in good weather in the Khansar. The product of this ...

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps

  4. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    It excludes combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g., ice cream, sunray, jellyfish, killjoy, lifeguard, and passageway— and English-made combinations of words of French origin — e.g., grapefruit (grape + fruit), layperson (lay + person), mailorder, magpie, marketplace, surrender ...

  5. Sekanjabin - Wikipedia

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    Sekanjabin is a compound of سرکه serke "vinegar" and انگبین angabin "honey". See also. Oxymel; Shrub (drink) Switchel; References ...

  6. List of English words of French origin (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    abbey (Anglo Fr. abbeie, from Old Fr. abaïe, compare modern Fr. abbaye) abbreviation, (Fr. abréviation) abdication; abet (Old Fr. abeter) abeyance (Anglo Fr. abeiance, from Old Fr. abeance) abhor (Fr. abhorrer) ability (Old Fr. ableté, compare modern Fr. habileté with restoration of initial h of Latin habilitas) abject; abjection ...

  7. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    The word "stationnement" is the French word, but in France they replace many words by the English equivalent when it is shorter. frasil fragile ice glace fragile huard (huart) loon Plongeon Huard: A type of bird typically found in lakes and ponds. In Canada, this bird is found on one dollar coins and is alternatively used to designate one ...

  8. GAZelle - Wikipedia

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    The GAZelle (Russian: ГАЗе́ль) is a series of light commercial vehicle—pickup trucks, vans and minibuses—made by Russian car manufacturer GAZ.At the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and transition to a market economy, the Russian automobile industry had not produced a much-demanded LCV similar to the Ford Transit or VW T4 class.

  9. Gauze - Wikipedia

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    Gauze veil Tutu Gauze swab Gauze balls. Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn, keeping the weft firmly in place. [1]