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  2. Everyday life - Wikipedia

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    The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. Everyday life is a key concept in cultural studies and is a specialized subject in the field of sociology.Some argue that, motivated by capitalism and industrialism's degrading effects on human existence and perception, writers and artists of the 19th century turned more towards self-reflection and the portrayal of everyday life represented in their ...

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    [38] [39] In French, a title of respect for an older or married woman (literally "my lady"); sometimes spelled "madam" in English (but never in French). mademoiselle lit. "my noble young lady": young unmarried lady, miss. malaise a general sense of depression or unease. Can also be used to denote complacency, or lethargy towards something ...

  4. Essay - Wikipedia

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    The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer, "to try" or "to attempt". In English essay first meant "a trial" or "an attempt", and this is still an alternative meaning. The Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put ...

  5. Comme d'habitude - Wikipedia

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    Comme d'habitude" ([kɔm dabityd(ə)], French for "As usual") is a French song about the setting in of routine in a relationship, precipitating a breakup. It was composed in 1967 by Jacques Revaux , with lyrics by Claude François and Gilles Thibaut [ fr ] .

  6. Paragraph - Wikipedia

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    A paragraph (from Ancient Greek παράγραφος (parágraphos) 'to write beside') is a self-contained unit of discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. Though not required by the orthographic conventions of any language with a writing system, paragraphs are a conventional means of organizing extended segments of prose.

  7. French language - Wikipedia

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    French (français ⓘ or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern

  8. French pronouns - Wikipedia

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    French has a complex system of personal pronouns (analogous to English I, we, they, and so on). When compared to English, the particularities of French personal pronouns include: a T-V distinction in the second person singular (familiar tu vs. polite vous) the placement of object pronouns before the verb: « Agnès les voit. » ("Agnès sees ...

  9. French orthography - Wikipedia

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    French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.