Communicating with Voice And Body Flashcards

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1
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Speech

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La parole

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To tell

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Raconter

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Come and tell me what happened to you

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Viens me raconter ce qui t’est arrivé

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To state

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Déclarer

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A statement

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Une déclaration

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To make a statement to the press

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Faire des déclarations devant les journalistes

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To convey

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Exprimer

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To express oneself

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S’exprimer

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To convey (literary)

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Traduire

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To mention

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Mentionner

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To mention in passing

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Faire mention de

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A speech

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Un discours

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Commentator

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Un commentateur (trice)

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To speak directly to

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S’adresser à

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To recite

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Réciter

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To quote

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citer

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17
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To dictate

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Dicter

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18
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To speak with an accent

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Parler avec l’accent

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19
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To be pronounced

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Se pronouncer

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20
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To stutter (disability)

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Bégayer

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To stutter (nerves)

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Bredouiller

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22
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To read aloud (badly)

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Ânonner

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23
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To pronounce one’s R’s the Parisian way

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Grasseyer

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24
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To role ones R’s

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Rouler les R

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25
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To lisp

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Zézayer

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To whisper (discreet)

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Chuchoter

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27
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To whisper (tenderly)

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Susurrer

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28
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To interrupt

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Coupler la parole à quelqu’un

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29
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To have a lisp

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Avoir un cheveu sur la langue

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30
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Dont waste your breath

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Ne perds pas ta salive

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31
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A sponsor

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Un annonceur/ceuse

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32
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To be a witness

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Témoigner

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A report (journalism)

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Un reportage

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34
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To shout at

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Apostropher

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35
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To let fly at someone

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Assener

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36
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To moan, grumble

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Râler

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37
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To talk good sense

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Parler d’or

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38
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To give somebody a good telling off

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Sonner les cloches à quelqu’un

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39
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According to him

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D’après lui or selon lui

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40
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An explanation

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Un explication

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41
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An interpreter

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Un interprète

42
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Interpreting

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Un interprétariat

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It goes without saying that

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Il va sans dire que

44
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Which accounts for the fact that

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Ce qui explique que

45
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To yell

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Hurler

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A scream

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Un hurlement

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To roar

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Rugir

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To screech

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Glapir

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To howl (baby)

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Brailler

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To bawl

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Beugler

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To shout abuse

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Vociférer

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To complain

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Se plaindre

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A complaint

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Une plainte

54
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I’ve had enough of his moaning

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J’en ai assez d’entendre ses jérémiades

55
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Alas

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Hélas

56
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To put questions to

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Questionner

57
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That’s not the question

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La question n’est pas là

58
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To ask for

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Solliciter

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To make inquiries

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Se renseigner

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To beg

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Supplier

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I beg of you

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Je t’en supplie

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To demand

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Réclamer

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A hotline

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Une performance téléphonique

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Answering machine

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Un répondeur

65
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To answer (quickly)

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Répliquer

66
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He’s never at a loss for an answer

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Il a réponse à tout

67
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To be argumentative

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Discutailler

68
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To put emphasis on

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Mettre l’accent sur

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To repeat oneself

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Radoter

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To keep harping on

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Rabâcher

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To give an encore

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Bisser

72
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Back to the drawing board

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On efface tout et on recommence

73
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To swear

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Jurer

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A swear word

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Un juron

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Bastard

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Un connard, une connasse

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To hear colourful language

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En entendre des vertes et des pas mûres

77
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He used the F word

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Les cinq lettres, le mot de Cambronne

78
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To have a natter

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Papoter

79
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To have a word with sb about st

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Toucher un mot à qqn de qqch

80
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To have a chat with

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Tailler une bavette avec qqn

81
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To talk endlessly to someone

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Tenir le crachoir

82
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On and on

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Et patati et patata

83
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She’s a real chatterbox

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C’est un vrai moulin à paroles

84
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Piece of gossip

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Un ragot, cancan, potin

85
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Rumour (politics, management)

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Un bruit de couloir

86
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A slur

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Une médisance

87
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To hear something on the grapevine

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Apprendre quelque chose par le téléphone arabe

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Hungarian

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Hongrois

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Romanian

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Roumain

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Czech

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Tchèque

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Turkish

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Turc

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To spell

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Orthographier (formal) or épeler

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Upper case/lower case

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Majuscule/minuscule

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To mean

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Vouloir dire

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Nonsensical

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Sans queue ni tête

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To scrawl

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Gribouiller

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Legible

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Lisible

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Illegible scrawl

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Les pattes de mouche

99
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In block letters

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En script

100
Q

Let me speak!

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