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  • Un an après, au moment où se sont fait massivement entendre les voix des Guadeloupéens, Martiniquais, Guyanais, Réunionnais, aspirant à plus de décence et plus de dignité, le verbe du « Nègre vertical » résonne, étrangement prophétique.

    Global Voices in English » Martinique: Celebrating Aimé Césaire 2009

  • In French, it would be more or less translated by (sujet, verbe, complement).

    Web Teacher › RDFa needs to rethink its nomenclature 2009

  • Cependant, le verbe "to solicit" est couramment utilisé en Angleterre dans des contextes autres que le droit.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • '' Both are in very serious shape and the markets reflect that, '' Altman, the creator of the Z-score mathematical formula that measures bankruptcy risk, said the model shows that these companies are on the verbe of bankruptcy

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: GM, Ford On Verge of Bankruptcy 2008

  • Under its smart dress code, what it describes as the ultra glam verbe and vibe cafe salon, it's a restaurant to you and me.

    CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2008 2008

  • Il doit exister également des gens qui mangent pour vivre et la façon dont ils font cela est très bien illustrée par le verbe “gobble”.

    Dining in S.F./Manger à S-F. Oleg Kuzin 2007

  • Il doit exister également des gens qui mangent pour vivre et la façon dont ils font cela est très bien illustrée par le verbe “gobble”.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Oleg Kuzin 2007

  • When we will conjugate to-gether toloseher tomaster tomiss while morrow fans amare hour, verbe de vie and verve to vie, with love ay loved have I on my back spine and does for ever.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Great latitude is normally allowed in wordplay, and, as we agree, "que votre verbe soit en joie" sets a quirky tone to start with.

    languagehat.com: SUBVERSIVE WORDPLAY. 2005

  • I know that "un verbe en joie" is a rather daring metaphor, but still, I'm not sure your examples would qualify as valid contrepets: they have to make some sense at least :

    languagehat.com: SUBVERSIVE WORDPLAY. 2005

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