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  2. 6th World Scout Jamboree - Wikipedia

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    The 6th World Scout Jamboree (French: Jamboree mondial de la paix) was held in 1947 and was hosted by France at Moisson. This was the first jamboree to have been held after Baden-Powell's death in 1941. It was originally planned to take place in 1941 in France. [1]

  3. Moisson - Wikipedia

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    On 12 November 1903, the Lebaudy brothers made a controlled dirigible flight of 54 km (34 mi) from Moisson to Paris. Moisson was the site of the 6th World Scout Jamboree, held in 1947, which brought together 24,152 Scouts and Guides from all over the world.

  4. Wit - Wikipedia

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    Repartee is the wit of the quick answer and capping comment: the snappy comeback and neat retort. Metaphysical poetry as a style was prevalent in the time of English playwright William Shakespeare , who admonished pretension with the phrase "Better a witty fool than a foolish wit". [ 3 ]

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1] à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal. In America "à la carte menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos

  6. Repartee - Wikipedia

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    From a related word or phrase: This is a redirect from a word or phrase to a page title that is related in some way.This redirect might be a good search term, or it could be a candidate for a Wiktionary link.

  7. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    The sentence can be read as "Reginam occidere nolite, timere bonum est, si omnes consentiunt, ego non. Contradico. " ("don't kill the Queen, it is good to be afraid, even if all agree I do not. I object."), or the opposite meaning " Reginam occidere nolite timere, bonum est; si omnes consentiunt ego non contradico.

  8. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of modern English words derived from each language group: Anglo-Norman French, then French: ~29% Latin, including words used only in scientific, medical or legal contexts: ~29%

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/France- and French-related articles

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    La Peau de chagrin (not "La peau de chagrin" or "La Peau de Chagrin") L'Œuvre; Le Ventre de Paris; Les Misérables; Chicago Manual of Style (sentence case) method Since at least the 14th ed. (1993, p. 320) The Chicago Manual of Style (CMoS) recommended only "capitalizing the first word of the title and of the subtitle and of all proper nouns".