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  • He had to climb the stairs because l'ascenseur wasn't working.

    A Sunday Afternoon in Paris 2010

  • Je les ai payés, puis les ai lus dans toutes les positions du kamasutra, certains, missionnaires (!), d'autres, dans le métro, dans l'ascenseur, sur le bureau.

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

  • People in such positions are then expected to send some of the take back up the line to those who appointed them; this is called renvoyer l'ascenseur ” sending back the elevator.

    Rape of the Congo Hochschild, Adam 2009

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