Finding himself in the middle of this excitement was an accomplished French painter named Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg.

一位名叫菲利普·雅克·德·卢森堡的著名法国画家在这种兴奋中找寻到了自我。

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There was ice cream, actually two dishes of it, pink and white, and cake and fruit and distracting French bonbons and, in the middle of the table, four great bouquets of hot house flowers.

桌子上摆着雪糕——而且有两碟，一碟粉红色，一碟白色——还有蛋糕、水果和迷人的法式夹心糖，桌子中间还摆着四束美丽的温室鲜花！

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The British kids study French at school but often can't actually speak French when they graduate from middle school.

英国孩子在学校里学法语，但当他们从中学毕业时，常常并不真能讲法语。

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You can talk about the origins of French nationalism in the middle of the eighteenth century, but it's very closely tied to this dynasty, at least until they lop off the guy's head in 1793.

你也可以畅谈在十八世纪中叶,法国民族主义的起源,但是它和法国王朝制联系很紧密,至少直到一七九三年,那个家伙被砍头前都如此

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Haereticus became heretique in Middle French and heretik in 13th Century Middle English.

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Mr Johnson has to hope, on the contrary, that the goodwill and minimal concessions from Calgary will somehow be enough to win over the same soft middle of French-speaking voters that Mr Bouchard is after: people who see the case for independence and have no deep zeal for Canada, but fear the insecurity of leaving it.

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Middle-sized French cities with really effective urban transport systems like Lille or Toulouse have built metros.

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