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Examples
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When the French cavalry were flying at Rossbach, they used the German word quartier, thinking they would be better understood.
Frederick the Great and His Family Chapman Coleman 1843
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They were warmly received by their neighbors and local shopkeepers on rue Mazarine and quietly protected as old residents of their quartier.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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La population de ce quartier change donc inexorablement avec le départ des "anciens".
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The quartier around the Bastille on the Hopital Quinze Vingts side (behind the Opera) has adaptions for the visually impaired ie tweeting traffic signals.
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In the several years before we decided to move to Paris, we rented an apartment in a different quartier each time we went.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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She admitted to rarely darkening the door of her own minuscule kitchen, adding that she and her husband were habitués of a bar/restaurant in their quartier called La Grignotière The Nibblery.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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She admitted to rarely darkening the door of her own minuscule kitchen, adding that she and her husband were habitués of a bar/restaurant in their quartier called La Grignotière The Nibblery.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The carnival behind the barricades — what it feels like when the police have just been kicked out of your quartier!
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They were warmly received by their neighbors and local shopkeepers on rue Mazarine and quietly protected as old residents of their quartier.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Paris is really a cluster of little villages, and each quartier has it's own personality and ambiance.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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