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  • Neither made the faintest sign of outer emotion; but Muriel clenched her white hands hard, till the nails dug into the palm, in her effort to restrain herself, as she murmured very low, in an agitated voice, "_Un vapeur, un vapeur_!"

    The Great Taboo Grant Allen 1873

  • I had a delightful fillet of sole with oil and lemon and served with pommes vapeur, steamed potatoes when I lunched with Gavin in July.

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? In London, England, Bellamy's Restaurant Mara Gibbs 2011

  • I had a delightful fillet of sole with oil and lemon and served with pommes vapeur, steamed potatoes when I lunched with Gavin in July.

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? In London, England, Bellamy's Restaurant Mara Gibbs 2011

  • Perhaps a vapeur shape was traditionally steamed, and a cocotte shape cooked in a certain type of pot.

    Sophie Brickman: On the Absurdity of Turning Vegetables 2009

  • Tres drole....mais, malheuresement, les locomotives à vapeur, elles sont mortes, et maintenant les chemins de fer ne sont pas tres interessant

    Je fait 'un mini break' Ms Robinson 2008

  • Are there any other romans à vapeur out there? posted by Gregory Feeley at 3:32 PM

    Romans à Vapeur Gregory Feeley 2005

  • Are there any other romans à vapeur out there? posted by Gregory Feeley at 3:32 PM

    Archive 2005-05-01 Gregory Feeley 2005

  • And the beast swam like a bateau à vapeur, and I continued to ride him by the mane; but I prayed aloud -- I prayed to Saint Joseph my patron, that I might get to shore, for I cannot swim, not to this day.

    The Lake of Devils 1996

  • Kilowatt (kW) = 1.36 CV = 1.34 h.p. Cheval-vapeur (CV) = 0.9863 h.p. = 0.736 kW

    Chapter 7 1980

  • VAPEUR, _f. _, nuage qui s'élève des choses humides par l'effet de la chaleur; bateau mû par la vapeur.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

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