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  2. Coup de Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Coup de Theatre may refer to: Coup de théâtre, a literary term for an unexpected event in a play or a theatrical trick; Coup de Theatre, by Haiku d'Etat, 2004 "Coup de théâtre", a 2015 TV episode of Les Mystères de l'amour "Coup De Théâtre", a track on the 2005 album Soleil 12 by Forgas Band Phenomena

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    coup de main (pl. coups de main) a surprise attack. In French, [donner] un coup de main means "[to give] a hand" (to give assistance). Even if the English meaning exists as well (as in faire le coup de main), it is old-fashioned. coup d'état (pl. coups d'état) a sudden change in government by force; literally "hit (blow) of state."

  4. Trois coups - Wikipedia

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    The dramaturge, using a stick to hit the three blows, gathered the theatre staff to begin the show, like a brigadier gathering his men. Through metonymy, the stick itself was called a "brigadier". The theatre brigadier is traditionally made of wood with a piece of theatre pole [definition needed], decorated with red velvet and gold studded nails.

  5. Entr'acte - Wikipedia

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    Entr'acte (or entracte, French pronunciation:; [1] German: Zwischenspiel and Zwischenakt, Italian: intermezzo, Spanish: intermedio and intervalo) means 'between the acts'.It can mean a pause between two parts of a stage production, synonymous to an intermission (this is nowadays the more common meaning in French), but it more often (in English) indicates a piece of music performed between acts ...

  6. Coups de roulis - Wikipedia

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    Coups de roulis is an opérette in three acts with music by André Messager and a French libretto by Albert Willemetz, based on the 1925 novel by Maurice Larrouy. [1] It was Messager's last work, written during remissions of illness, and although from the pen of a 74 year-old shows no signs of old-age or suffering.

  7. Stéphane Mallarmé - Wikipedia

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    Mallarmé was born in Paris. He was a boarder at the Pensionnat des Frères des écoles chrétiennes à Passy between 6 [3] or 9 October 1852 and March 1855. [4] He worked as an English teacher and spent much of his life in relative poverty but was famed for his salons, occasional gatherings of intellectuals at his house on the rue de Rome for discussions of poetry, art and philosophy.

  8. Téléthon de Simayeh-Azadi la télévision de la Résistance pour ...

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    activités de la résistance, les gens en Iran doivent le savoir. Pour avoir de l’espoir dans un changement. Hasti, jeune fille de Karadj (Iran) – 200.000 tomans - Bonjour, bonjour à ceux qui sont à Achraf et Liberty. Je considère de mon devoir de participer à cette pluie de fleurs de Simayeh-Azadi pour faire entendre ma voix et celle ...

  9. Coup d'œil - Wikipedia

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    Coup d'œil (or coup d'oeil; French pronunciation: [ku dœj]) is a term taken from French, that more or less corresponds to the words glimpse or glance in English. The literal meaning is "stroke of [the] eye".