parler

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This may be said to be literally true and not a facon de parler, as I once killed an elk that jumped through a window.

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  • M. Macquer m'a ecrit une lettre qui a pour objet les memes choses dont vous m'avez fait l'honneur de me parler, et je lui fais la meme reponse. —  Baron d'Holbach
  • By and by at my parler-window comes Sir W. Batten's Mungo, to tell me that his master and lady would have me come to their house through Sir J. Minnes's lodgings, which I could not do; but, however, by ladders, did get over the pale between our yards and their house, where I found them (as they have reason) to be much concerned for me, my lady, especially. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys
  • “Facon de parler,” she said, laughing rather stiffly. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • Bien que Sharon n'était pas diplomatique, c'est une chose pour le gouvernement de la France de choisir de pas parler avec lui - mais c'est toute autre chose pour interdir son entrée dans la République Française ... —  Midwest Conservative Journal
  • Pour bénéficier de réduction pour l'entrée à ce salon, merci de remplir ce formulaire en précisant que vous avez entendu parler de cet événement par la Commission Sciences de la vie de la Chambre de Commerce France-Israël. —  IsraelValley
 

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