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"_Mais -- mais -- _" he puffed and panted like a very old and fat person trying to persuade a bicycle to climb a hill -- "_mais -- vous avez de la chance! _"
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"Truly," said the Count, with a difficult essay at meeting the man in his own humour -- "Truly, but your Grace's invitation was so pressing -- _ah! c'est grand dommage! mais -- mais_ -- I am not, with every consideration, in the key for badinage.
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Could it be that the mais comes from a reluctance to get involved with what is now a burgeoning reputation as a serial shagger? oxo |
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C'est con comme phrase mais je ne sais pas comment dire.
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The sound “è” of “mAIs” (casually) turned into the sound of the French vowel “a”, and this is how "mais" became "ma".
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The sound “è” of “mAIs” casually turned into the sound of the French vowel “a”, and this is how "mais" became "ma".
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Page 31, footnote is not printed clearly, word appears to be "mais"
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Writing as one of your readers from Cajun country (Lafayette, Louisiana) I can tell you that people of French Canadian descent have been using the word "mais" which they pronounce
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Além disso, encontram-se nas situações mais graves de exploração e degradação do trabalho humano.
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A maioria não sabe e repete simplesmente porque é o que todos, embalados por @rafinhabastos, estão repetindo desde o dia 16/07/2009 e pensam que é pelas recentes denúncias envolvendo o senador José Sarney, mas há razões mais antigas para a escolha deste político para um dos primeiros gritos por um governo limpo.
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