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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    The modern French phrase is "à double sens". in lieu (of) "in place (of)"; partially translated from the existing French phrase au lieu (de). léger de main (legerdemain) "light of hand": sleight of hand, usually in the context of deception or the art of stage magic tricks. Meaningless in French; the equivalent is un tour de passe-passe ...

  3. Category:French words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title).

  4. Calligram - Wikipedia

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    It can be a poem, a phrase, a portion of scripture, or a single word; the visual arrangement can rely on certain use of the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting, for instance along non-parallel and curved text lines, or in shaped paragraphs. The image created by the words illustrates the text by expressing visually what it says, or something ...

  5. Belles-lettres - Wikipedia

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    In the modern narrow sense, it is a label for literary works that do not fall into the major categories such as fiction, poetry, or drama. The phrase is sometimes used pejoratively for writing that focuses on the aesthetic qualities of language rather than its practical application. A writer of belles-lettres is a belletrist.

  6. List of French phrases - Wikipedia

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  7. Liberté, égalité, fraternité - Wikipedia

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    The French Tricolour has been seen as embodying all the principles of the Revolution— Liberté, égalité, fraternité. [3] Some claim that Camille Desmoulins invented the phrase, in number 35 of Révolutions de France et de Brabant, published on 26 July 1790. [4] However, it is not confirmed as this is only the first official mention of the ...

  8. Rare ‘treasure box’ of French letters opened and read after ...

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    More than 100 letters that never reached the crew of a French warship have been read for the first time since they were sent 265 years ago. Rare ‘treasure box’ of French letters opened and ...

  9. Cyrillization of French - Wikipedia

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    Russian transcription of French vowels French Russian transcription Examples Comments phoneme(s) grapheme(s) [a], [ɑ] a, â а: Charles – Шарль [e], [ɛ] é, è, ê, ai, e е: René – Рене э: Edmond – Эдмон Citroën – Ситроэн at the beginning of a word, following a vowel, or rarely for [ɛ] at the end of a word ...