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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    Unlike viva (Italian and Spanish) or vivat (Latin), it cannot be used alone; it needs a complement. vive la différence! lit. "[long] live the difference"; originally referring to the difference between the sexes; the phrase may be also used to celebrate the difference between any two groups of people (or simply the general diversity of ...

  3. Vive le Québec libre - Wikipedia

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    " Vive le Québec libre ! " ( French: [viv lə ke.bɛk libʁ] , 'Long live free Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal , Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada for the Expo 67 world's fair.

  4. Vive, viva, and vivat - Wikipedia

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    Viva o 25 de abril graffiti in Portugal. Viva, vive, and vivat are interjections used in the Romance languages. Viva in Spanish (plural Vivan), [1] Portuguese (plural Vivam), and Italian (Also evviva. Vivano in plural is rare), [2] Vive in French, and Vivat in Latin (plural Vivant) are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live." Being the third ...

  5. Joie de vivre - Wikipedia

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    Eduard von Grützner's depiction of Falstaff, a literary character well known for his joie de vivre.. Joie de vivre (/ ˌ ʒ w ɑː d ə ˈ v iː v (r ə)/ ZHWAH də VEEV (-rə), French: [ʒwa d(ə) vivʁ] ⓘ; "joy of living") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness.

  6. French Resistance - Wikipedia

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    The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during the Second World War. Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis in rural areas) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] who conducted guerrilla warfare and published underground ...

  7. Différance - Wikipedia

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    Différance is a French term coined by Jacques Derrida.It is central to Derrida's concept of deconstruction, a critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning.

  8. Vive la Canadienne - Wikipedia

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    Vive la Canadienne is the current regimental quick march of the Royal 22nd Regiment. Vive la Canadienne was the anthem of French Canadians in Quebec before it was replaced by O Canada. According to Ernest Gagnon, it was based on an old French tune, Par derrièr' chez mon père. [1] It is the quick march of the Royal 22nd Regiment.

  9. La Difference - Wikipedia

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    "The Conquest" examined the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and its role in shaping modern conflict between English and French in Canada; Gwyn interviewed Françoise Loranger, author of Le chemin du roy which satirized Charles de Gaulle's controversial 1967 "Vive le Québec libre" statement